DESERT ROSE Neil Sandilands Ft. Tracey-Lee Oliver

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Theme song of the hit-series "Desert Rose" an M-Net Originals Production, June 2022. Footage courtesy of M-Net South Africa & Quizzical Pictures.

From the album: "Sangoma Sandilands & Jou Pa se Posse - Maanskyn"
https://NeilSandilands.lnk.to/SangomaSandilandsMB

Publishing, lyric & composition: Neil Sandilands & Theo Crous
Music Video produced by Quizzical Pictures & Neil Sandilands for M-NET
Director: Cindy Lee, Cinematography: Devin Toselli, Editor: Neil Sandilands, Colorist: Alex Martin, Droplet Post

Special thanks to: The entire cast & crew of Desert Rose, JP Potgieter, Harriet Gavshon, Rohan Dickson, Moeke Lusithi, Jan du Plessis and Shaamila Fataar.

Desert Rose
Written by Neil Sandilands & Theo Crous

Where the jakkals and the skelms howl
And the desert, she’s asleep
And the wind whispers her secrets back to me

As I pray ‘neath the heavens
For her to gently weep
As I walk the road from Garies to Nababeep

There are legends in the sky
Hotnotsgot he only knows
You’ve never tasted water, my friend

Where the Gemsbok stands alone
We’re all just skull & bone
Namakwaland my rose
Of diamond stone

The kokerboom stands upside down
And the meerkat spots a snake
And the silence cries her hollow empty sound

The heart it is a stone my friend
But time can make it shine
The lord she turns the water into wine

There are legends in the sky
Desert Rose she only knows
You’ve never tasted water, my friend

Where the Gemsbok stands alone
In the koppies shines a throne
Namakwaland my rose
Of Diamond Stone

And the rain, yes the rain will have us dancing once again
To the Great Gig laughing in the sky
And the rain, yes the rain will see us kissing once again
For the Desert Rose to bloom in heaven’s name