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...