Ethiopia Lyrics

Joni Mitchell

Hot winds and hunger cries, Ethiopia Flies in your babies' eyes, Ethiopia Walking sticks on burning plains Betrayed by politics, abandoned by the rains
On and on, the human need On and on, the human greed profanes
Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia
Your top soil flies away, Ethiopia We pump ours full of poison spray, Ethiopia
Between the brown skies And sprinkling lawns I hear the whine of chain saws Hacking rain forests down
Oh on and on, insanities On and on, short sighted greed abounds
Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia
Little garden planet, oasis in space Some hearts hurt, they can hardly stand it Famine phantoms at the garden gates
Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia
Every Sunday on TV, Ethiopia You suffer with such dignity, Ethiopia
A TV star with a PR smile Calls your baby "It" While strolling through your tragic trials
Oh, on and on, stupidity On and on, the basic needs are defiled Good air, good water, good earth
Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia
Little garden planet, oasis in space Some hearts hurt, they can hardly stand the waste
Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia
Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia
Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia

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