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Beds Are Burning Lyrics By Midnight Oil

    out where the river broke
    the bloodwood and the desert oak
    holden wrecks and boilin’ diesels
    steam 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’

    post
    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