Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning

Out where the river brokeThe bloodwood and the desert oakHolden wrecks and boiling dieselsSteam in forty five degreesThe time has comeTo say fair's fairTo pay the rentTo pay our shareThe time has comeA fact's a factIt belongs to themLet's give it backHow can we danceWhen our earth is turning?How do we sleepWhile our beds are burning?How can we danceWhen our earth is turning?How do we sleepWhile our beds are burning?The time has comeTo say fair's fairTo pay the rent nowTo pay our shareFour wheels scare the cockatoosFrom Kintore East to YuendumuThe Western Desert lives and breathesIn forty five degreesThe time has comeTo say fair's fairTo pay the rentTo pay our shareThe time has comeA fact's a factIt belongs to themLet's give it backHow can we danceWhen our earth is turning?How do we sleepWhile our beds are burning?How can we danceWhen our earth is turning?How do we sleepWhile our beds are burning?The time has comeTo say fair's fairTo pay the rent nowTo pay our shareThe time has comeA fact's a factIt belongs to themWe're gonna give it backHow can we danceWhen our earth is turning?How do we sleepWhile our beds are burning?