Beds Are Burning

Midnight Oil

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    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

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    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 gona give it back

    How can we dance when our earth is turning?
    How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

    Song details

    Composition: Peter Garrett, James Moginie, Martin Rotsey, Peter Gifford, and Ghostwriter

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