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Mama Laye

April Wine

Mama Laye

In a foreign land beneath a foreign sky
They speak of Mama Laye
They don't believe she died
The people raise their eyes
They said they'd sing a song
They ask the spirit world
Cause they know where she's gone
She's never far away, Mama Laye, no
She's never far away, Mama Laye, no, no no

They say she never sleeps
She never close her eyes
She speaks the magic tongue
She's slowly hypnotized
She's never far away, Mama Laye, no
She's never far away, Mama Laye, no, no no
She's never far away, Mama Laye, no
She's never far away, Mama Laye, Mama Laye

They are as grains of sand
And then they are as one
They pray to Mama Laye
The father, mother, son
They say she's never far away, Mama Laye, no
She's never far away, Mama Laye, no
She's never far away, Mama Laye, no, no no
She's never far away, Mama Laye, Mama Laye
She's never far away, Mama Laye, no
She's never far away, Mama Laye, no
She's never far away, Mama Laye, no, no no
She's never far away, Mama Laye, Mama Laye...

Mama Laye

En una tierra extranjera bajo un cielo extranjero
Hablan de Mama Laye
No creen que haya muerto
La gente levanta sus ojos
Dicen que cantarán una canción
Le preguntan al mundo espiritual
Porque saben a dónde se fue
Nunca está lejos, Mama Laye, no
Nunca está lejos, Mama Laye, no, no no

Dicen que nunca duerme
Nunca cierra los ojos
Habla la lengua mágica
Es lentamente hipnotizada
Nunca está lejos, Mama Laye, no
Nunca está lejos, Mama Laye, no, no no
Nunca está lejos, Mama Laye, no
Nunca está lejos, Mama Laye, Mama Laye

Son como granos de arena
Y luego son como uno solo
Le rezan a Mama Laye
El padre, la madre, el hijo
Dicen que nunca está lejos, Mama Laye, no
Nunca está lejos, Mama Laye, no
Nunca está lejos, Mama Laye, no, no no
Nunca está lejos, Mama Laye, Mama Laye
Nunca está lejos, Mama Laye, no
Nunca está lejos, Mama Laye, no
Nunca está lejos, Mama Laye, no, no no
Nunca está lejos, Mama Laye, Mama Laye...

Escrita por: Myles Goodwyn