DIAMONDS ON THE SOLES OF HER SHOES
Paul Simon & Joseph Shabalala - 1986


(a-wa a-wa) Odez enzuene zanamchinge

(a-wa a-wa) Si bona kwenze ka kanjani

(a-wa a-wa) Amanto mbazane ayeza

She's a rich girl
She don't try to hide it
Diamonds on the soles of her shoes

He's a poor boy
Empty as a pocket
Empty as a pocket with nothing to lose

Sing Ta na na, ta na na na
She got diamonds on the soles of her shoes
Ta na na, ta na na na
She got diamonds on the soles of her shoes
Diamonds on the soles of her shoes
Diamonds on the soles of her shoes
Diamonds on the soles of her shoes
Diamonds on the soles of her shoes

People say she's crazy
She got diamonds on the soles of her shoes
Well that's one way to lose these walking blues
Diamonds on the soles of her shoes
She was physically forgotten
Then she slipped into my pocket
With my car keys
She said you've taken me for granted
Because I please you
Wearing these di-iamonds

And I could say oo-------
As if everybody knows
What I'm talking about
As if everybody here would know
Exactly what I was talking about
Talking about diamonds on the soles of her shoes

She makes the sign of a teaspoon
He makes the sign of a wave
The poor boy changes clothes and puts on after-shave
To compensate for his ordinary shoes
And she said honey take me dancing
But they ended up by sleeping
In a doorway
By the bodegas and the lights on
Upper Broadway
Wearing diamonds on the soles of their shoes

And I could say oo-------
And everybody here would know
What I was talking about
I mean everybody here would know 
exactly what I was talking about
Talking about di-iamonds

People say I'm crazy
I got diamonds on the soles of my shoes
Well that's one way to lose these walking blues
Diamonds on the soles of your shoes

Repeat and fade:

Ta na na na na, ta na na na na