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The Dead Heart, by Midnight Oil

We 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
We don’t serve your king
White man listen to the songs we sing
White man came took everything
We carry in our hearts the true country
And that cannot be stolen
We follow in the steps of our ancestry
And [...]

Beds are burning, by Midnight Oil

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 fairs fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share
The time has come
A facts a fact
It belongs to them
Lets give it back
How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep when our [...]