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Beds Are Burning by Midnight Oil

Out where the river broke
The bloodwood and the (1)____________ oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty (2)________ degrees
The (3)________ 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 (4)______________ to them
Let's give it back

How can we (5)__________ when our (6)__________ is turning
How do we (7)__________ (8)__________ our (9)________ are burning
How can we dance (10)________ our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our (11)________ are burning
The time has (12)________ to say (13)__________ 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 (14)__________ (15)________ 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 (16)________ it back

How can we dance when our (17)__________ is turning
How do we (18)__________ while our (19)________ are burning
How can we (20)__________ (21)________ our earth is turning
How do we (22)__________ (23)__________ our (24)________ 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 (25)__________ give it back
How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our (26)________ are burning

Answers:
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