Midnight Oil
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Midnight Oil were an influential alternative rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1976. The band originally formed as "Farm" in 1972. The band is best known for their political activism and environmentalism and their 1987 worldwide hit single "Beds Are Burning". For most of their career, the band consisted of Peter Garrett (vocals), Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboards), Martin Rotsey (guitar), Peter Gifford (bass, vocals) and Rob Hirst (drums).
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Beds Are Burning - (4:15) - 64,376 playsLyricsOut where the river broke
The blood wood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty five degrees
The time has come
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Blue Sky Mine - (4:16) - 8,698 playsLyricsHey, hey hey hey, there'll be food on the table tonight
Hey, hey, hey hey, there'll be pay in your pocket tonight
My gut is wrenched out it is crunched up and broken
A life that is led is no more than a token
Who'll strike the flint upon the stone and tell me why
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The Dead Heart - (6:10) - 7,286 playsLyricsWe 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 country
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Forgotten Years - (4:20) - 4,616 playsLyricsFew of the sins of the father
Are visited upon the son
Hearts have been hard
Hands have been clenched into fists too long
Our sons need never be soldiers
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Dreamworld - (3:36) - 3,856 playsLyricsThe Breakfast Creek Hotel is up for sale
The last square mile of terra firma gaveled in the mail
So farewell to the Norfolk Island pines
No amount of make believe can help this heart of mine
End, your dreamworld is just about to end
- Put Down That Weapon - (4:37) - 3,993 plays
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- King Of The Mountain - (3:50) - 4,689 plays
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- Power and the Passion - (6:24) - 3,192 plays
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- Warakurna - (4:37) - 2,756 plays
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- Truganini - (5:08) - 2,862 plays
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