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Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning Lyrics



Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning Lyrics




Out where the river broke
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The bloodwood and the desert oak
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Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
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Steam in forty five degrees
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The time has come
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To say fair's fair
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To pay the rent
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To pay our share
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The time has come
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A fact's a fact
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It belongs to them
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Let's give it back
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How can we dance when our earth is turning
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How do we sleep while our beds are burning
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How can we dance when our earth is turning
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How do we sleep while our beds are burning
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The time has come to say fairs fair
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to pay the rent, now to pay our share
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Four wheels scare the cockatoos
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From Kintore East to Yuendemu
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The western desert lives and breathes
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In forty five degrees
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The time has come
+
To say fair's fair
+
To pay the rent
+
To pay our share
+
The time has come
+
A fact's a fact
+
It belongs to them
+
Let's give it back
+
How can we dance when our earth is turning
+
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
+
How can we dance when our earth is turning
+
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
+
The time has come to say fair's fair
+
To pay the rent, now to pay our share
+
The time has come, a fact's a fact
+
It belongs to them, we're gonna give it back
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How can we dance when our earth is turning
+
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
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English

Out where the river broke
+
The bloodwood and the desert oak
+
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
+
Steam in forty five degrees
+
The time has come
+
To say fair's fair
+
To pay the rent
+
To pay our share
+
The time has come
+
A fact's a fact
+
It belongs to them
+
Let's give it back
+
How can we dance when our earth is turning
+
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
+
How can we dance when our earth is turning
+
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
+
The time has come to say fairs fair
+
to pay the rent, now to pay our share
+
Four wheels scare the cockatoos
+
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
+
The western desert lives and breathes
+
In forty five degrees
+
The time has come
+
To say fair's fair
+
To pay the rent
+
To pay our share
+
The time has come
+
A fact's a fact
+
It belongs to them
+
Let's give it back
+
How can we dance when our earth is turning
+
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
+
How can we dance when our earth is turning
+
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
+
The time has come to say fair's fair
+
To pay the rent, now to pay our share
+
The time has come, a fact's a fact
+
It belongs to them, we're gonna give it back
+
How can we dance when our earth is turning
+
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
+
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Writer: JAMES MOGINIE, MARTIN ROTSEY, PETER GARRETT, PETER GIFFORD, ROBERT HIRST
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC





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• This is a protest song about giving native Australian lands back to the Pintupi, who were among the very last people to come in from the desert. These 'last contact' people began moving from the Gibson Desert to settlements and missions in the 1930s. More were forcibly moved during the 1950s and 1960s to the Papunya settlement. -Wikipedia

• In 1981, they left to return to their own country and established the Kintore community, which is nestled in the Kintore Ranges. It is a community with a population of about 400.

• This song is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll".
Performed by: Midnight Oil
From Album: Diesel & Dust
Genre(s): One Hit Wonder
Language: English
Length: 4:14
Written by: JAMES MOGINIE, MARTIN ROTSEY, PETER GARRETT, PETER GIFFORD, ROBERT HIRST
Released: October 18th, 1987
Year: 1987
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