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Hurricane

The hurricane blows, and the people have nowhere to go
Government leaders ring their hands - another natural disaster, they say
What a shame
But the companies mined the soil that rooted the trees
That stopped the rivers flooding
And there's nowhere left to go...

They're killing our earth, and we've nowhere left to run to
They've stolen our heritage - and all they give us back are deserts of lies, empty promises, and desolation.

The companies say they care, plant new trees, give money to the schools - greenwash their reputation
But we know that it's lies, when the rest of the world lives in deprivation
Hunger is real when rotting crops mean starvation
They're killing our earth, and there's nowhere left to run to
The oceans are poisoned - and who takes the blame?

The ways of war are killing us all
The oil refineries blaze - the rivers run with poison
So much life lost - the orchids and the trees, the birdsong
And the children playing
They're killing our earth, and we've only got each other left to run to
And our wisdom, and our strength and our sense of connection
Here, here in our hearts, we hold the future generations
We can only go on, try to halt the destruction
The earth is reborn every day with acts of love and transformation.

Written after Hurricane Mitch caused massive floods in Nicaragua, Guatemala and Honduras in 1998. Thousands of people died or had their homes destroyed and the banana crop - a mainstay of the economy - was decimated

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from Songs for interesting times, released April 4, 2012
All songs written and performed by camilla
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Camilla Cancantata Knighton, UK

Camilla Cancantata, composer and improviser, and founding member of Footloose, a community arts group.

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