Published On Feb 17, 2020
the classic by midnight oil, still yet to be heeded. featuring missy higgins, amanda palmer on vocals and piano, brian viglione (the dresden dolls) on drums and jherek bischoff on bass & guitar - is one of a collection of songs from “forty-five degrees: a bushfire charity flash record” coming out on friday, february 21st.
read about the making of this song and the upcoming album here: / 34048106
download this song on bandcamp, all proceeds will go to firesticks alliance, an Indigenous led network re-invigorating and teaching cultural land burning and management -
https://amandapalmer.bandcamp.com/tra...
this flash-recording project was independently funded by over 15,000 patrons, and the songs were chosen in part by the patrons.
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LYRICS:
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're gonna give it back
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
