Somewhere on the edge of time

You hear a plaintive song

Remembering a way of life

That seemed to go on and on and on

What can we offer them now

In a world that has turned from grace

The jungle is burning so fast

The smoke can be seen from space



I walk along these smokey city streets

Within these jungle walls it's so hard to breathe

I heard the news and it's been eating at me

They're tearing down the last of the Amazon trees





The poor have need of the land, they say

But the soil is thin and ends up blowin' away

What about a million years of history

And the creatures who inhabit this great mystery





We've got to buy back the Amazon

We've got to give the earth a chance to carry on

If it's money they need let's give them all that they want

We've got to buy back the Amazon

Buy back the Amazon





We carry on and keep it all inside

But the time will come when there'll be nowhere to hide

With all we're spending on our wars in space

Why can't we save the Mother of the human race





We've got to buy back the Amazon

We've got to give the earth a chance to carry on

If it's money they need let's give them all that they want

We've got to buy back the Amazon

Buy back the Amazon





Buy back the Amazon

Save it now so we can pass it on

Wake up! Our future's almost gone

We've got to buy back the Amazon

We've got to give the earth a chance to carry on

Make no mistake, when it's gone it's gone...