Beds are Burning Lyrics

Performed by Midnight Oil

Out 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
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

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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The real revolution is human kindness | Reviewer: Anonymous | 1/16/12

The people who took from the aborigines are the same types of people who take pleasure in calling others idiots, satan, unpatriotic, ignorant - whatever. The point of the song is that we all need to feel the consequences of our actions. This does not mean someone else out in the world needs you to tell them how bad or ignorant they are. It means I, you and everybody needs to look inside and see what actions and words we produce without thinking about how they affect others.

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religious ignorance | Reviewer: b | 1/7/12

God would not think this song is awesome, as the "give it back" would apply at least as much to culture as land, which would mean give back the dreamtime, and that is anti god. The "satan" that did the stealing was christianity, restoration would be the removal of christianity.

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beds are burning | Reviewer: alison | 8/23/11

i like the song because my parents like them and my carers like them because they know where they are now living thats how i like them when i was young i danced to the song and my mum and dad liked me dancing to the beds are burning because it was out before i was born. i reckone that god liked it to because i think he liked it to because he thought it was awsome like me .

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world is turning | Reviewer: Anonymous | 1/28/11

I believe this song is a revelation to the way the world is turning today our beds are really burning and the symbol of a bed is rest our world is in an uproar and everything that can be shaken will be shaken even our government it is coming soon the world his kingdom is coming restoration will be restored what satan has stolen will be returned Gods kingdom will be again here on earth will you be a part of it or will you go with the system of the world Dawney

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Here we got a Concept Launcher. | Reviewer: Anonymous | 10/3/10

Couple the concept of this lyric up with that of Mr. Bruce Cockburn's "If I Had a Rocket Launcher" and it becomes globally universal. Time fr the excploiters to make right, make nice, pipe down and lay off. WE and OURS have been fed to THEIR BABIES for far too long already, I say.

Increase the Peace.
Reverse the Curse.
Reject ALL Terror.
(You KNOW you /WANT/ to.) ;)

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RE: Joe | Reviewer: Jamie E | 1/9/10

Obviously The Temperature would be in Degrees Celsius. Why would an Australian band, who's writing about Australian history, use degrees Fahrenheit. Anyone who says that it is more then likely Celsius are idiots. It people like you and your stupid country who don't know anything

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fire | Reviewer: Tony | 1/18/09

the song is about returning stolen lands in Australia to the aboriginies. 45 dgrees is indeed in celcius and is the temp of the desert at its peak. The line above "Fire will scare the cockatoos" is wrong however. The real lyrics is "Four wheels scares the cockatoos"

T

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forty five degrees | Reviewer: Joe | 6/30/08

A note about the lyrics - where it mentions "forty five degrees", that's probably Celsius, which is the temperature scale used in Australia and most other countries outside the U.S. That works out to 113 degrees Fahrenheit.

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A Protest Song too! | Reviewer: Allie (fellow rock lover) | 5/29/08

I love this song, and have always loved it from the time I first heard it, but I never knew it was a protest song until today and it really hits home now!g Giving native Australian lands back to the Pintupi Aborigines is totally a cause worth writing a song for!!!
Katie, I shun rap as well. It is NOT music nor can it be called singing! It disgraces the music industry. Remember: Country + Rap = CRAP. But rap makes up 3/4 of that!

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ROCK ON!!! | Reviewer: Katie (rock N roll lover) | 4/4/08

This is my FAVORITE song!!! I love Rock N Roll more than anything!!! and i shun rap!!! SHUN!!!!
I have no idea if this song was about a child's death, or Australia or what ever, but keep playing rock and i'll be happy :)

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he's right | Reviewer: Anonymous | 9/17/07

this song has nothing to do with a child's death...mauricio is right, it is about the Aboriginal people of Australia and how when the English settlers colonised Australia, they stole all the Aboriginals land and "native title". The song is protesting to try and get the government to return the land to the Native people of Australia.

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Are you crazy? | Reviewer: Mauricio | 5/28/07

This is a great political song about giving native Australian lands back, not about a child's death.

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emily wilson | Reviewer: Anonymous | 5/18/07

did you know that in the 1980s some guy lit his child on fire and he died that is what this songs about they raised money for him by making this song awwwwww so sad .....

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