Joni Mitchell - Ethiopia lyrics

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 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 t.v.--ethiopia You suffer with such dignity--ethiopia A t.v. star with a p.r. smile Calls your baby "it" while strolling Through your tragic trials 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