Patty Larkin - Waiting for the Dawn lyrics

There's a world outside Though it barely touches us Cross the ocean so wide Far from both Americas And I wake in the night Waiting For The Dawn to come What if I had no rights Living in South Africa And I drive in my car Got to get to work on time At the red light I swear All this traffic is a crime There's a man at the curb Selling papers one by one And I read in the news Another man and woman gone South Africa And the factories float by I stare them down, then drive away Modern times Modern lives All neatly tucked and filed away Five o'clock in my car I'm listening to the radio And I choose what I hear Keep my eyes glued on the road Shadows fall, and my town Turns from gray to black and white I am listening for sounds Something moving in the night In my heart, there's an ache Every muscle tightly drawn Eyelids closed - wide awake Waiting For The Dawn to come