Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Third World Service Lyrics

Waiting for the monsoon, for the monsoon, the monsoon
Waiting for the monsoon, for the monsoon, the monsoon
Waiting for the monsoon, for the monsoon, the monsoon

Crisis in the night, no lighting in the ballroom
Voices come and go, talking Michaelangelo
Down in the forest the insect kingdom gathers
Pictures getting restless, trouble in the night

Waiting for the monsoon
No lighting in the ballroom
Waiting for the monsoon
No lighting in the ballroom

Finger in the sky they're jamming all the airwaves
Searching for the traitor that blew the generator
Oh, Mother – couldn't find a candle
Man, this station's just too hot to…

Waiting for the monsoon
No lighting in the ballroom

Blood flecked voices, distortion and gain
Static interference, short wave rain
And there's hot repetition of signals chime
But the feeble reception couldn't get the meantime

Waiting for the monsoon
No lighting in the ballroom

Crisis in the night, no lighting in the ballroom
Voices come and go, talking Michaelangelo
Down in the forest the insect kingdom gathers
Pictures getting restless, trouble in the night

Waiting for the monsoon
No lighting in the ballroom

Blood flecked voices, distortion and gain
Static interference, short wave rain
And there's hot repetition of signals chime
But the feeble reception couldn't get the meantime

sung simultaneously:
Finger in the sky they're jamming all the airwaves
Searching for the traitor that blew the generator
Oh, Mother – couldn't find a candle
Man, this station's just too hot to…

Waiting for the monsoon
No lighting in the ballroom
Waiting for the monsoon
No lighting in the ballroom