They ravaged the land
   and polluted the seas
   they burned all the forests
   or cut down the trees
   they damned up the rivers
   and paved all the shores
   built parking lots
   and discount stores
   then they started to die
   but not fast enough
   so, they shot at each other
   witz bullets and stuff
   chalk it all up to human greed
   as seen on yout tv
  
   so much cruelty and madness
   in these days of despair
   that's not the way that i am, no
   that's not the way that i am
   as the earth gets sicker and sicker
   a soldier aims and pulls the trigger
   angels cry and demons laugh
   another suicide bomb blood bath
  
   silent spring - no birds sing
   angels cry - we all die
  
   mother earth wept
   as they tore off her dress
   heart broken, humiliated
   in a state of distress
   they ripped out her hair
   and they scratched at her skin
   drained her of fluids
   then committed their sin
   they gouged out her eyes
   and cauterized her womb
   they sealed up her mouth
   and made her a tomb
   now she lies still
   at the mercy of man
   i whisper in her ear
  
   "that's not the way that i am"
  
   no, that's not the way that i am
   no, that's not the way that i am
   no, that's not the way that i am