For short lived cattle grazing land 
With the whole world in their hands 
They're cutting down and burning up the land 
Asset stripping the medicine man 
& all for one 
And every man for himself 
The conflict of interest lies 
Selling off cheap 
Avoid political heat and burn up in a forest fire 

And now that there's nothing left 
Just a hole above our heads 
Letting the sunshine in 
That's how the end begins 
With a forest fire 

The black cloud rising in the sky 
Up into the atmosphere 
it's bringing down a different kind of weather 
and 
though it's taking so long to do something about it 
they chip away at it 
bit by bit 
you won't believe anything that grown up for so long 
could be cut down this quick 

and now that there's nothing left 
just a hole above our heads 
letting the sunshine in 
that's how the end begins 
with a forest fire 

in the corner of a foreign land 
in the wind that blows the sand 
there's the sting of a thousand lies 
that burned up in a forest fire 
we're burning up 
in a clear blue sky 
in a funeral pyre 
in a big white lie 
in a forest fire