Тексты песен «Midnight Oil»

(Jim Moginie/Rob Hirst/Martin Rotsey/Peter Garrett) I'm a snow plow 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 cloud Wipe that smile right...

I'm a snow plough, I must now plow on, I'm a snow plough, I'm a settlers son I'm a storm cloud, rain myself all over the place I'm a storm cloud, gonna wipe that smile right off your face There must be one place left in...

I don't want to grow anything in my heart I don't want to write all these things in the sand I don't wish to listen and not understand I don't want to tramp up the footpath of stars don't want to be an advocate don't...

CHORUS You're watching people fighting You're watching people losing on Armistice Day You're watching people fighting You're watching people losing on Armistice Day The watchers do the wincing, reporters so convincing...

I don't want to grow anything in my heart I don't want to write all these things int he sand I don't wish to listen and not understand I don't want to tramp up the footpath of stares Don't want to be an advocate Don't...

From the bar to the bedroom I'm swimming in the neon Lighted pictures of a redhead, plastic coated hot on And sometimes when that mirror shows The smile of disbelief Stained signature of nightmares Stolen by the thief,...

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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 you've been told Means anything to me And everything you hold is mine In the...

Must be time for a second chance I can't escape this basement flat Writer's cramp and claustrophobia Must be time for a better place My sink leaks and the rats have won the race Over and over Must be time for a new...

(Rob Hirst) 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 house of hope and drifters There's a gang that shoots then...

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...

Fresh air soft landing So good to be home This bruised world's got it's beauty It's where I belong. The sight of those green curves Quickens my heart Break the grip of Leviathan Now I'm ready to start. Have I been...

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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 got the best of both worlds here The real world is not as calm as it appears...

(Hirst/Moginie) You the mothers who sent your sons Wipe away your tears For those who fought and those who fell Become our sons as well You the warriors with your words Throw away your spears You talk of times of...

You the mothers who sent your sons Wipe away your tears For those who fought and those who fell Become our sons as well You the warriors with your words Throw away your spears You talk of times of peace for all And...

Welcome stranger, listen in The presumption of innocence was buried again Carve up-sell off Triumphalism gotta be a curse or even worse It's inherited it's recurring Oh God I have walked, I have swum, I've hitchhiked...

(Midnight Oil) There'll be food on the table tonight There'll be pay in your pocket tonight My gut is wrenched out it is crunched up and broken My life that is lived is no more than a token Who'll strike the flint...

I've seen faces in the window, I've seen faces in the street They talk and walk of nothing I've known many restless summers, the sand dunes I imagine A place without a postcard Flower people were so beautiful but...

Here comes the angel of death You may not remember her yet Concrete all over her face Child bride of the human race Until you see life in the forest Until you hear you've been abolished Forget everything that you think...