[Verse 1]
Hot winds and hunger cries, Ethiopia
Flies in your babies' eyes, Ethiopia
Walking sticks on burning plains
Betrayed by politics, abandoned by the rains

[Chorus 1]
On and on, the human need
On and on, the human greed profanes
Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia

[Verse 2]
Your topsoil flies away, Ethiopia
We pump ours full of poison spray, Ethiopia
Between the brown skies and sprinkling lawns
I hear the whine of chainsaws hacking rainforests down

[Chorus 2]
On and on, insanities
On and on, short-sighted greed abounds
Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia

[Bridge]
Little garden planet, oasis in space
Some hearts hurt, they can hardly stand it
Famine phantoms at the garden gates
Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia
[Verse 3]
Every Sunday on TV, Ethiopia
You suffer with such dignity, Ethiopia
A TV star with a PR smile
Calls your baby "it" while strolling through your tragic trials

[Chorus 3]
On and on, stupidity
On and on, the basic needs are defiled
Good air, good water, good earth
Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia

[Outro]
Little garden planet, oasis in space
Some hearts hurt, they can hardly stand the waste
Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia