Men In Helicopters by Adrian Belew, Album: Young Lions, 1990

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 dolphins
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...
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
oh, and all the dolphins alive are cryin' to the deep blue night
'there's nowhere to hide,
the people on earth will not be denied'
what a legacy...
we're leaving behind

Great lyrics about aerial hunting of endangered species with high tech means and weapons that leave victims with no chance to escape. A devastating method, either a pervasive hobby and bloody desire for trophy or for greed. We’ve dealt again with the hunting of endangered species in Megadeth’s “Countdown to extinction”. The song refers to the nowadays illegal aerial hunting in many countries in Africa, but is a practice that keeps on existing because many body parts of the victims (horn of rhinos, tusk of elephants, etc) are believed to have therapeutic properties or are luxurious items for ornaments. But aerial hunting keeps on being a sport for some game animals like deers in USA, New Zealand, etc, and for some kinds of wolves, like those in Alaska.

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