amazon

Amazon

hey won't you come with me, i'm goin' down by the river
what do you think we'll see, down by the river?

well there is an empty plain, where there was forest
until they found a vein and laid it open....

now see the farmer slash and burn, smell the smoke as it fills the air
see the soil washing away, feel the holes in the atmosphere

and the water is turning brown
fed with the blood of the fertile ground,
filled with the bones of the forest cut down
where there was life before tell me what will there be now?
down by the river, down by the amazon

hey won't you come with me, i'm goin' down by the river
cause i know the secrets run deep down by the river...amazon river

yeah there is a native man, the river is his life
now he's in jail for living on his homeland, cause they said he wasn't civilized
well that makes him a sacrifice, so tell me what is civilized?

now i've got to hurry, i've got to run, got to seek out the shaman
gotta pray for the medicine way, or fall prey to our ruin
oh tell me what are we doin'? its like we're praying to ruin..are we praying to ruin?

while the water is turning brown
fed with the blood of the fertile ground
filled with the bones of the forest cut down
where there was life before tell me what will there be now?
down by the river, down by the amazon

goin' down by the river, goin' down by the river,
hey won't you come with me, come on down....
yeah , just a little further down now.. gotta take it all the way down, down, down...

you see alice fell down the rabbit hole, down by the river
now what did miss alice behold, down in the lower world?
yeah, down where the spirits dwell

there is a waterfall yeah, down in the underworld
and all the good spirits are singing a song,
hey alice, tell me don't you don't you want to sing along?
sing heyheyhey

and your heart is the drum ....beating out the rhythm
beat it out all around the world, cause what goes around comes around

it goes around and comes around and comes around and goes around and
oh send it all the way around [ follow it down] now
and down, down, down ...
d-d-d-d-down d-d-d-d-down down.....

mmm i got to sing while the river runs, got to sing it for the shaman
oh sing it for everyone, sing it from the heart children, yeah,
sing it from the heart children,
the heart of the amazon, the heart of the amazon
heyheyhey, sing it for the amazon
heyheyhey