Burned By The Fire We Make

<br>And when Man gained dominion<br>over land and the oceans<br>he began to harm the planet<br>with his asphalt and his toxins<br>and to lay the forest bare<br>and to poison even the air<br>and he killed every beast<br>and taught the seas how to bleed<br><br>Burned by the fire we make,<br>what a shame<br><br>Then the winds gave in<br>and the rain knew no season<br>and the sun came to beat<br>on a land of sand and diseases<br>and when God looked down<br>on the earth and saw it was broken<br>then the tears of God fell down<br>through a hole in the ozone<br><br>Burned by the fire we make<br>what a shame<br><br>This is the nature of the human race<br>to kill off anything that gets in our way<br>poor Mother Earth we disfigured her face<br>Man is the maker of his own disgrace<br><br>Burned by the fire we make<br>what a shame