JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Simple Minds adalah band rock asal Skotlandia yang memopulerkan lagu berjudul "Mandela Day".
Rilis pada 1989, lagu ini adalah b-track dari lagu "Belfast Child" dalam album Street Fighting Years.
Lagu ini ditulis untuk mengenang sosok kenamaan dunia, Nelson Mandela.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Belfast Child oleh Simple Minds
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Mandela Day" oleh Simple Minds.
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It was 25 years they take that man away
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Now the freedom moves in closer every day
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Wipe the tears down from your saddened eyes
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They say Mandela's free so step outside
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Oh oh oh oh Mandela day
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Oh oh oh oh Mandela's free
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It was 25 years ago this very day
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Held behind four walls all through night and day
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Still the children know the story of that man
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And I know what's going on right through your land
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25 years ago
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Na na na na Mandela day
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Oh oh oh Mandela's free
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If the tears are flowing wipe them from your face
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I can feel his heartbeat moving deep inside
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It was 25 years they took that man away
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And now the world come down say Nelson Mandela's free
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Oh oh oh oh Mandela's free
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The rising suns sets Mandela on his way
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Its been 25 years around this very day
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From the one outside to the ones inside we say
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Oh oh oh oh Mandela's free
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Oh oh oh set Mandela free
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Na na na na Mandela day
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Na na na na Mandela's free