Midnight Oil songs 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...

I'm a snow plough I must now plough on I'm a snow plough I'm a settler's son I'm a storm cloud Rain myself all over the place I'm a storm...

Fresh air soft landing so good to be home this bruised world's got its beauty it's where I belong. The sight of those green curves quickens my...

Was it just a dream, were you so confused Was it just a giant leap of logic Was it the time of year, that makes a state of fear Methods, were...

Must be time for a second chance I can't escape this basement flat Writers cramp and claustrophobia Must be time for a better place My sink...

You're watching people fighting, you're watching people losing On Armistice Day The watchers do the wincing, reporters so convincing But the TV...

From the bar to the bedroom I'm swimming in the neon Lighted pictures of a redhead, plasticoated hot on And sometimes when that mirror shows The...

I am gone, can't waste more time I said, not quite joking The fire has gone the big trees stand The underground is smoking Remember nothing...

In this city with no footpath there's a building with no people There is crime and gun decisions There's a street of heat and hawkers, there's a...

I don't wanna grow anything in my heart I don't want to write all these things in the sand I don't want to listen and not understand I don't...

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, I was, I was shaken down in a toy town He, He's out there You know it's Kennedy's shadow from White Cross to Michigan ATM's, are in the air, oh...

These are not dispassionate words of the cool The headline still rules the editoræ?¯ a fool Shall we douse out the flames or will everybody fuse ...

I was asleep with both eyes open Dream freeze sprinklers in the sun Beer soaked mansions block the sky, Dingos howl and white flags fly The...

Locked in the mall in a state of fright Looking for salvation in a car headlight But you can't have what you can't buy Tomorrow is better than...

You say times are tough We've got the best of both worlds here Things are rough We've got the best of both worlds here Times are tough We've...

I've seen faces in the window I've seen faces in the street They walk and talk of nothing I've known many restless summers The sand dunes I...

So you cut all the tall trees down, you poisoned the sky and the sea You've taken what's good from the ground But you've left precious little for...

I'm gonna wait for the moment to come I'm gonna wait till we all stop from running Boxed in like candles, polar bear pride Turning to terror as the...

In my world there are sorrows I'd rather drown in happiness Come the morning, when the darkness through That story's bound to change And in my...