Latin Quarter - Dominion lyrics

From Ramadan to Ramadan, thirty one tigers Where shot through the heart by one hunter And skinned with a razor blade Stowed in the hull of an old fishing boat To be sold as a trophy, a rug or a coat And the hunter can't ever think twice Because his children depend on the rice Reptile, feline, amphibian They suffer man's dominion Raptor, equine, simian They suffer man's dominion From Belem to back again, tropical forest Is slashed and burned by the acre Then razed by the power saw 'Til nothing that's living is safe or remote A lizard is slit from its tail to its throat So the North demands from the South Where you live direct from your hand to your mouth But what he takes now he can never replace Not even the Cheetah could ever keep pace What he lives alongside is just merchandise For those who don't know the value But are hot on the price From Geelong to Genoa, snake is in fashion With birds eggs and bu*terfly wings Raise to the power ten Then Lemurs and rhinos are just some foot-note In a forgotten study somebody wrote But their pa**ing is no mystery They're being stolen But their pa**ing is no mystery They're being stolen