Tell the Mountain Hello

Hey!

Tell the mountain hello
(Hello!)
Tell the mountain hello
(Hello!)
Sawubona, intaba
(Hello!)
Sawubona, intaba
(Sawubona!)
Tell the mountain hello

There's a mountain in the way

There's a mountain in the way
(Mountain in the way)
Been there since I was a boy
(Mountain in the way)
Been there since I was a boy
(Since I was a boy)
Taller than the church bell, older than the road
(Older!)
Everybody tells me move it
(Move it, move it)
Everybody tells me worry
(Worry, worry)
But my grandfather said
(What he say?)
Don't you curse the mountain, son
(No, no)
Walk up close and say good morning
(Good morning!)
See how big it is when it's listening

Tell the mountain hello
(Hello!)
Tell the mountain hello
(Hello!)
Sawubona, intaba
(Hello!)
Sawubona, intaba
(Sawubona!)
Tell the mountain hello

One foot, then the other
(One foot)
Greet it like a brother
(Like a brother)
Hands up, hands up
(Like a brother)
Hands up, hands up
(Hands up!)
Say it loud
(Loud!)

Monday it was bigger than my wages
(Bigger!)
Tuesday it was taller than my fear
(Taller!)
Wednesday I just waved at it from the doorway
(Wave!)
Thursday I walked out and I said it
(Said what?)
Hello, old friend, you've been standing in my business
(Ha!)
Hello, old friend, I'm not scared of you today
(No!)
Hello, old friend, I brought you my whole week
(Whole week!)
And the mountain didn't move at all
(Not at all)
But I could breathe, and I was standing at its knees
And the wind came down the slope like an answer
(Answer!)
And the stone said something back
(Back!)

Tell the mountain hello
(Hello!)
Tell the mountain hello
(Hello!)
Sawubona, intaba
(Hello!)
Sawubona, intaba
(Sawubona!)
Tell the mountain hello

Say it with your feet now
Say it with your hands now
Say it with your whole chest
(Hello!)
Say it with your mother's name
(Hello!)
Say it like you mean to stay
(Hello!)
Say it like your grandfather
(Hello!)

It will not move for shouting
It will not move for tears
It will not move for anger
But a mountain loves a neighbor
Who comes by for years and years
And one day on the climb
You'll find a path was there
It was waiting for the greeting
It was waiting for the prayer
Hello, hello, ngiyabonga
Hello, hello, ngiyabonga

One foot, then the other
(One foot)
Greet it like a brother
(Like a brother)
Hands up, hands up
(Like a brother)
Hands up, hands up
(Hands up!)
Say it loud
(Loud!)

Tell the mountain hello
(Hello!)
Tell the mountain hello
Hey!

Tell the mountain hello
(Hello!)
Tell the mountain hello
(Hello!)
Sawubona, intaba
(Hello!)
Sawubona, intaba
(Sawubona!)
Tell the mountain hello

Sawubona, intaba
(Sawubona!)
Tell the mountain, tell the mountain
(Tell it, tell it!)
Tell the mountain hello

Tell the mountain hello
(Hello!)
Tell the mountain hello
(Hello!)
Sawubona, intaba
(Sawubona!)
Tell the mountain hello