Roy Harper – Desert Island – A delightful Song about the Plunder of the Planet
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The beauty of the song belies the message. The planet is beautiful and we are plundering it.
The planet becoming the hostess
Instead of the meal
Air fire water earth you were paradise
I’m sorry about me
Desert Island
Roy Harper
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Desert Island
Gonna paint my room like a desert island
With yellow sand and blue lagoon
Invite you all to come and live there
One afternoon
It’ll be when no-one’s looking
More likely that not
We’ll close the door and turn the sky up
Find a good spot
Air fire water earth you were paradise
I’m sorry about me
I was under impression
That you were free and easy
Gonna paint my room like a desert island
With clear skies and rising swell
Leave the clowns on the jaded horizon
In Wall Streets of Hell
I must say goodbye to the blindfold
And pursue the ideal
The planet becoming the hostess
Instead of the meal
Air fire water earth you were paradise
I’m sorry about me
I was under impression
That you were free and easy
(To plunder)