Midnight Oil songs lyrics

Well oh well I feel I'm in decay John Laws is on the air again It's heavy traffic, jacarandas, eye in the sky and foot on ground I see a million...

Cold cold change, we were so excited But you came and went so soon Cold cold change, we were not invited We smiled all the while we were taken in ...

One thing's for sure That it's still the same That young folk die For some noble aim And they live so fast But they die so young And we just...

Capricornia don't walk away show me to the back of your hand capricornia don't leave me here dying in the back of your land. In the evening...

Comfortable suburban home Too afraid to go out on your own Comfortable place on the couch Natures a stranger keep it out Haul away So you...

And out from the echoes of the night Concrete caverns catch the sky and hold the stars to ransom A thousand dreams it's getting late Thousand...

Wherever the wind blows When it blows over the sea The moonæ?¯ sitting high Waves will rise Water shapes Waves will take you, take you...

Here comes the mechanical sun working on the bones in the dry old creek bed mist on the old river bend yellow box hangs like it's dead the emerald...

Yeah, whatcha gonna do now, now that you started? Whatcha gonna do now, now that it's done? The words got out there, they float around and are...

Here comes the olive branch man He'll press it any way he can He tries so hard to understand Here comes the tired statesman Heavy lidded bearded...

Don't want to live in a prison cell don't want to live in a smoking room, independence just won't come to you in the brief of a diplomat. ...

Won't you come on down the line, away from barren ground The harlot and the autocrat, are they driving you further down The season's rhymes, they...

I believe we're crossing the great ravine Still yearning half way a stranger I believe in our multiplicty Still part-blind no reason for anger ...

We don't serve your country Don't serve your king Know your custom don't speak your tongue White man came took everyone We don't serve your...

There is a place we're coming to It is not green it is not blue I hope that you understand The devil was a dancing on the old foreshore ...

Hollow threats and a great adventure So much business, towns in the dirt Company cars and efficient Americans Three black boys sit in the corner ...

The bar was crowded in the arvo din And the voices got higher and higher For the man at the back with the tickets in his hat He would have to do...

Well I want to return to my sender Well I want to return There is so much that I can't remember But there's so much to choose We are laying...

Well I told you about the forest and trees and the chlorophyll green Yes I told you the birds will endure flutter wings dance on leaves Hold onto...

Well you knew from the start That a one way loving wouldn't last You think I'm moving slowly girl i tell you, you're moving way too fast Working...