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Sweet Amazon

from Songs On Purpose by Jane Fallon

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This environmental story deals with human impact on the “lungs of the world” -- the rainforest.

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Sweet Amazon

Edimar lived in the jungle in a shack by a crystal clear stream.
But now that river is brown with silt and gone is his family’s dream
The deer that roamed the land make way for the roads to the mines,
trees are uprooted, and rivulets run cross the forest floor, 40 miles wide.

Take a breath, fill your lungs with that oxygen sensation
Known as air won’t be long I fear it might be rationed
If we keep to the perilous path we’re on.
I’m really gonna miss you when you’re gone – Sweet Amazon.

Kotok is an Indian Living deep within the Amazon
Smoke stings his eyes from the constant fires His way of life is gone.
And gone are plants for medicine and food.There’s no way to stop it he’s afraid,
The white men come, they slash and they burn,
There is just too much money to be made.

We need land to feed the hungry, We need trees to clean our air.
But soybeans and cattle fill the pockets of the lawless,
and fires are burning everywhere.

Take a breath, fill your lungs with that oxygen sensation
Known as air won’t be long I fear it might be rationed
If we keep to the perilous path we’re on.
I’m really gonna miss you, Really gonna miss you
Really gonna miss you when you’re gone Sweet Amazon

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from Songs On Purpose, released November 15, 2016

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Jane Fallon Dunedin, Florida

Award winning songwriter whose literate lyrics are set to melodies in genres that include blues, country, western, fok and pop. Her voice has been called “smooth and mesmerizing” and Indie Music Magazine called her “powerful, inspirational, uplifting, delightful, and impressive . . . one of the good artists in a sea of soulless clutter.” ... more

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