Is it greed or innocence or is it both?
As the bulldozer trashes a thousand years growth
Clear cutting with a clear conscience
A burning desire to burn

If a tree falls and no one's around
The wildlife still hears it crashing down
You were gone before we even know you
And there's no way to ever get you back
Gorilla seven days old

Ripped from his dead mother's arms
Her hand now an ashtray\souvenir for a tourist's charms
Will I join the ranks of the photo gallery?
It may be the only way left to ever see me
Thousand acres a day
Burning it all away

Extinction - the price to pay
A ton of rhino, a pound of horn
The Javan one cursed
The wheels of greed are born
Medicinal myth smuggled to Hong-Kong
Ancient superstition - reality gone wrong
I joined the ranks of the photo gallery
It's the only way left to ever see me

You were gone before we even knew you
And there's no way to ever get you back
The greatest land animal killed for a foot of ivory
Will your children live to see one
Or witness decimation by tyranny
Passenger pigeons blackened the sky
Never a chance we would say goodbye
Oh how I wish I could see one fly

You were gone before we even knew you
And there's no way to ever get you back
American symbol of freedom and power
Only for target practice by the hour
Buffalo sat on the brink of no more
Will I join the ranks of the photo gallery?
It may be the only way to ever see me