out where the river broke
the bloodwood and the desert oak
holden wrecks and boilin’ diesels
steam in fortyfive 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 turnin’
how do we sleep while our beds are burnin’
how can we dance when our earth is turnin’
how do we sleep while our beds are burnin’
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the time has come to say fair’s 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 fortyfive degrees
pre
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 turnin’
how do we sleep while our beds are burnin’
how can we dance when our earth is turnin’
how do we sleep while our beds are burnin’
pre
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 turnin’
how do we sleep while our beds are burnin’
Artist: Midnight Oil
Year: 1988
Decade: 80s
Language: en
Word Count: 120