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Pearls Lyrics — Sade | Dork

Lyrics
Sade
Pearls Lyrics

Lyrics

Pearls

1994

Written by Andrew Hale, Sade Adu

Produced by Mike Pela, Sade

Lyrics

Pearls

There is a woman in Somalia Scraping for pearls on the roadside There's a force stronger than nature Keeps her will alive This is how she's dying She's dying to survive Don't know what she's made of I would like to be that brave She cries to the heaven above There is a storm in my heart She lives a life she didn't choose And it hurts like brand-new shoes Hurts like brand-new shoes There is a woman in Somalia The sun gives her no mercy The same sky we lay under Burns her to the bone Long as afternoon shadows It's gonna take her to get home Each grain carefully wrapped up Pearls for her little girl Allelujah Allelujah She cries to the heaven above There is a storm in my heart She lives in a world she didn't choose And it hurts like brand-new shoes Hurts like brand-new shoes

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About this track

"Pearls" is a song by Sade, released in 1994. The song was written by Andrew Hale, Sade Adu. It was produced by Mike Pela, Sade.

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Adrian Moore— 17 credits as producer →
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Sandro Franchin— 15 credits as assistant engineer →
Leroy Osbourne— 61 credits as songwriter →
Sade Adu— 164 credits as songwriter & producer →

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