Midnight oil - Beds are burning

Cette chanson, "Beds Are Burning" est un appel à la restitution de l'Australie à sa population originelle.

Le groupe participa à la cérémonie de clôture des Jeux olympiques de Sydney en 2000 avec cette chanson !



Beds are burning

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 fairs 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

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Brûlent Les Lits

Dehors où la rivière se brisait
Le bois de sang et le chêne du désert
Epaves tenantes et diesels bouillants
Vapeur à quarante cinq degrés

Le moment est venu
De dire qu'il faut être juste
De payer le loyer
De payer notre part
Le moment est venu
Un fait est un fait
Cela leur appartient
Aller, rendons le

Comment pouvons nous dancer lorsque notre terre tourne
Comment dormons nous pendant que brûlent nos lits
Quatre roues terrifient les cacatoès
De Kintore Est jusqu'à Yuendemu

Le désert de l'ouest lointain vit et respire
A quarante cinq degrés