The Trees Are All Gone (Roger McGuinn/Camilla McGuinn)


The glaciers near the polar camp
have all begun to melt
Temperatures are on the rise
far from the southern belt

Water levels shifting tides
on every changing land
Rain forests in the Amazon
have vanished from our hand

And the trees are all gone
Yeah you know it's all wrong
And the trees are all gone

The people want to eat today
and so they clear the land
Global warming is a concept
they can't understand
But all the politCIAns now
they have no excuse
They just hide behind their power
and keep us from the truth

Man has tried his suicide
with bigotry and hate
But in the end he'll kill himself
with nothing but his waste

What will finally happen when
the farm lands turn to dust
When only rich receive the food
and nothing's left for us

But all the politCIAns now
they have no excuse
They just hide behind their power
and keep us from the truth

Roger McGuinn  "Back From Rio"
Arista Records     1990