[Les]

This struck me as interesting. Eyes of the World went through many evolutions as attested to on some of the Mirage outtakes that have leaked through the years. But I guess I never really heard how this evolved into the other...

BAM
November 20, 1981

Q. Was Mick’s trip to Africa the inspiration for “Bwana?”

LB. Basically. It’s pretty light-hearted. Again, there’s a song with some of the ‘40s influence on it. It really isn’t very African at all, musically. It has some of that “Lion Sleeps Tonight” in it. The lyrics were actually written at the very end, after we’d done the tracks and the backing voices. The drum track for “Bwana” started out as being something very different. Eventually, that track turned into another song called “Eyes of the World,” which may be on the next Fleetwood Mac album. That happens to me a lot. Songs turn into other songs. Parts of one song are right for another. You never know.