GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA                        E. GRANT





WELL JOHANNA SHE RUNS A COUNTRY

SHE RUNS IN DURBAN AND THE TRANSVAL

SHE MAKES A FEW OF HER PEOPLE HAPPY OH

SHE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE REST AT ALL.

SHE GOT A SYSTEM THEY CALL APARTHEID

BUT MAYBE A BROTHER IN A SUBJECTION

BUT MAYBE PRESSURE WILL MAKE JOHANNA SEE

HOW EVERYBODY COULD LIVE AS ONE.

GIMME HOPE JOHANNA, HOPE JOHANNA

GIMME HOPE JOHANNA, TILL THE MORNING COMES.

GIMME HOPE JOHANNA, HOPE JOHANNA

HOPE BEFORE THE MORNING COMES.

I HEAR SHE MAKING THE GOLDEN MONEY

TO BUY NEW WEAPPONS, ANY SHAPE OF GUNS

WHILE EVERY MOTHER IN A BLACK SOWETO

FEARS THE KILLING OF ANOTHER SON.

SNEAKIN' ACROSS ALL THE NEIGHBOURS BORDERS

NOW AND AGAIN HAVING LITTLE FUN

SHE DOESN'T CARE IF THE FUN AND GAMES SHE PLAYS

IS DANGEROUS TO EVERYONE.

SHE'S GOT SUPPORTERS IN HIGH-UP PLACES

WHO TURN THEIR HEADS TO THE CITY SUN

JOHANNA GIVE THEM THE FANCY MONEY OF

TO TEMPT ANYONE WHO'D COME.

SHE EVEN KNOWS HOW TO SWING OPINION

FOR EVERY BAD MOVE THAT THIS JOHANNA MAKES

THEY GOT A GOOD EXPLANATION.

EVEN THE PREACHER WHO WORKS FOR JESUS

THE ARCHBISHOP WHO'S A PEACEFUL MAN

TOGETHER SAY THAT THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS WILL

OVERCOME THE VERY STRONG.

I WANNA KNOW IF YOU'RE BLIND JOHANNA

IF YOU WANNA HEARTHE TIDE IS TURNING  OH

DON'T MAKE ME WAIT TILL THE MORNING COMES.