Beds Are Burning - Split Lip

Out where the river broke

The bloodwood and the desert oak

Holden wrecks and boiling diesels

Steam at 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

When our beds are burning?

How can we dance

When our earth is turning?

How do we sleep

When our beds are burning?

Now the time has come

To say fair’s fair

To pay the rent

To pay our share

The four wheels scare the cockatoos

From Kintore East to Yuendemu

The wretched 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

When our beds are burning?

How can we dance

When our earth is turning?

How do we sleep

When our beds are burning?

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

When our beds are burning?