When she's on her best behaviour
  Don't be tempted by her favours
  Never turn your back on mother earth
  
  Towns are hurled from A to B
  By hands that look so smooth to me
  Never turn your back on mother earth
  
  Grasp at straws that don't want grasping
  Gaze at clouds that come down crashing
  Never turn your back on mother earth
  
  Three days and two nights away from my friends
  Amen to anything that brings a quick return
  To my friends
  To my friends
  
  Never turn your back on mother earth
  
  I'll admit I was unfaithful
  But from now on I'll be more faithful
  Never turn your back on mother
  Never turn your back on mother
  Never turn your back on mother earth