The stars of heaven spun madly
In the pool of the jungle night
When the hand of God came down to draw
The curtain from the light
My eyes beheld a timeless world
As a stillness filled the air
And the ancient dust of Africa
Was settling in my hair

I've wandered down her avenues
Of antelope and dust
I've wandered down her alleyways
Of agony and rust
I wandered through an endless stream
Of starving young and old
And the ancient dust of Africa
Had settled in my soul

I've climbed her highest mountains
I've sunk beneath her seas
I'v cursed the rancid fever
That she carries in her breeze
But the glory of the eagle
Had echoed from the start
That the ancient dust of Africa
Had settled in my heart