The Key (Walk Like Madiba)

by Steve Bevis

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A song inspired by the life of Nelson Mandela (Madiba).

lyrics

The Key (Walk Like Madiba Did)
Lyrics by Steve Bevis © 2017


Nothing is inevitable
There’s nothing you can take for granted
Will the day of freedom arrive?

The road you walked
Led to places you had to imagine
The road you laid with your life

When you rose up, took wings to fly
You joined the earth to the sky
(with a rainbow)
Dug deep into your heart
You found the key to forgive
(That sets a prisoner free)
That key lies within all of our hearts
Will we walk that journey within?
Will we walk that journey within?

Do we dare to even begin?
You set out when the sun was hid.
Knowing you may not return.

Against the odds you remerged
And when the morning finally came
You smiled and our hearts burned

When you rose up, took wings to fly
You joined the earth to the sky
(with a rainbow)
Dug deep into your heart
You found the key to forgive
(That sets a prisoner free)
That key lies within all of our hearts
Will we walk that journey within?
Will we walk that journey within?

Walls go up against the things we hope for and we need
Cold men will heat the air we breathe
Suns may set on our many paths
Still a way can be found to love and laugh

When you rose up, took wings to fly
You joined the earth to the sky
(with a rainbow)
Dug deep into your heart
You found the key to forgive
(That sets a prisoner free)
That key lies within all of our hearts
Will we walk that journey within?
Will we walk that journey within?

credits

released October 22, 2017
Steve Bevis: Vocal, Guitar, Irish Bouzouki
Liz Frencham: Double Bass
Spike Mason: Saxophone
Matt Snowden: Drums

Words and Music: Steve Bevis

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Steve Bevis Sydney, Australia

Singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, nomad and pilgrim.

Traversing folk, rock, trad and spirituals
on 'country' and across many nations.

Now residing on the lands of the Wangal people of the Eora nation.
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