Once upon a time I made a lion roar
he was sleeping in the sunbeams on the old zoo floor
I had gone to see the park where my papa used to play
and it's called called Villa Borghese and it's on the way
oh oh oh
to East Africa
Down on Grand Comoro Island where I grew past four
I could swim and fish and snorkel on the ocean floor
and the wind laughed, and the wind laughed through the trees as if to say
"here's a child who'll want the world to go his way"
oh oh oh
in East Africa
oh oh oh
in East Africa
Suddenly for me the world turned upside down
far from my friends the lions and the dolphins came this awful sound
Dark shadows, sounds of thunder raging over me
came this monster called "A-dre-no-leu-ko-dys-tro-phy'"
oh oh oh
Where's my East Africa?
Well they said, they said, they said (the ones who know it all)
they said from now on for you there will be no more standing tall
so I took my parents' hands, I lifted my head to say
I'll just have to be a hero, there's no other way!
oh oh oh
Back to East Africa
oh oh oh
Back to East Africa
oh oh oh
Back to East Africa
Back to East Africa
East Africa
Come with me I'm going back
I'm going back to East Africa
I'm going back
I'm going back
Come with me I'm going back
Come with me I'm going back
Come with me I'm going back
Come with me I'm going back
I'm going back to East Africa
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Dedicada para todos los que luchan contra una enfermedad inmovilizante y tienen que ser héroes todos los dias.