Older than kosciusko Darwin down to alice springs Dealers in the clearinghouse The settlements explode High up in the homelands Miners drive across the land Encounter no resistance When the people block the road Older than kosciusko Dry white seasons years ago Darkness over charleville The fires begin to grow No end to the hostility […]
Sorry i am for the hurt i caused Grieving i still do over careless words As i move freely to a place The debris i left behind comes back into my day Out of time disconnected Plagued by senses sweet desire, out of time Out of time deluded I plunged my hand into the mother […]
I’ll give you something to write home about And i’ll take you somewhere, show you around We burnt all the cars that laid down and died We burnt all the trees to keep us alive Sat ’round the fire, sang like a choir With the ashes of civilisation in our eyes I come alive, i […]
Say yes to a real life ambition, say yes to our hopes and our plans Forget about your indecision, let’s get the beast off our land A tree that can grow no longer, a beach that has got no sand I would pay out a king’s ransom, if we could just understand Got your last […]
I just want to see that clear clear ight Don’t want to be a member of a species that’s deceasing Keep on making those promises that they aren’t keeping Oh i was a talking to the people next door Said they don’t want to die in a nuclear war Now we went walking down the […]
my life is a valuable thing I wan’t to keep it that way, i won’t cry My life’s such a valuable thing Some things don’t fade away, i don’t mind We give the best we can give We won’t forget, we can’t forgive Keep us radioactive free Strike a bell in hiroshima park You know […]
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 then prepare for war. All the people with dreams, all mothers with […]
I, i was, i was shaken down in a toy town He, he’s out there You know it’s kennedy’s shadow from white cross to michigan Atm’s, are in the air, oh yeah machines they are spinning out everywhere The speaker is speaking Can you hear the sound The listener is listening as he hits the […]
I know that the sunset empire shudders and shakes I know there’s a floodgate and a raging river I say the silence of the ribbons of iron and steel I say hear the punch drunk huddle drive hammer and steel Sometimes you’re beaten to the call Sometimes you’re taken to the wall But you don’t […]
Let’s begin, i am ready, let’s begin Sell my soul to him Shed my skin, i just wanna shed my skin I don’t wanna sell my soul to him Mechanize, city bursts and farmers die They cry Sleep face down in a goods train heading south in the rain In this world i often think […]
