Men In Helicopters Lyrics - Adrian Belew

Wouldn't it be great to see the African plains 

Before they lay them to waste and only the bones remain? 

Wouldn't it be poetry to shoot holes in the poachers we see 

With an elephant gun? 

Men in helicopters fly 

Shooting rhinos from out of the sky 

Why do we always assume the planet is ours to ruin? 

What a legacy we're leaving behind 

What a legacy 

Wouldn't it be something for the men killing dolphin 

To be caught up by their necks in their greedy fishing nets? 

Wouldn't it be irony if the tuna fish canneries 

Were to fall into the sea? 

The dolphins and the whales still left alive 

Cry to the stars in the deep blue night 

There's nowhere to hide, the people on earth will not be denied 

What a legacy we're leaving behind 

What a legacy 

Wouldn't it be odd if there really was a God 

And He looked down on earth and saw what we've done to her? 

Wouldn't it be just if He pulled the plug on us 

And took away the sun? 

Men in helicopters fly 

Shooting rhinos from out of the sky 

Why do we always assume the planet is ours to ruin? 

The dolphins and the whales still left alive 

Cry to the stars in the deep blue night 

There's nowhere to hide, the people on earth will not be denied 

What a legacy we're leaving behind 

What a legacy we're leaving behind 

We're leaving behind