BEDS ARE BURNING
By: Midnight Oil
Programmed By:
Sigmund Sanvictores

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 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 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'r gonna give it back

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

Words

\BEDS
\BEDS
ARE
ARE
BURNING
BURNING
/By:
/By:
Midnight
Midnight
Oil
Oil
/Programmed
/Programmed
By:
By:
/Sigmund
/Sigmund
Sanvictores
Sanvictores
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