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Beds Are Burning by Midnight Oil

Out where the river broke
The (1)__________________ and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and (2)______________ diesels
Steam in (3)__________ 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 (4)__________ our (5)________ are burning
How can we dance when our (6)__________ is turning
How do we sleep while our (7)________ are burning
The time has come to say fairs fair
To pay the rent
Now to pay our share

Four (8)____________ (9)__________ the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The (10)______________ desert lives and breathes
In forty five degrees
The (11)________ 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 (12)______________ to them
Let's give it back

How can we dance when our (13)__________ is turning
How do we sleep (14)__________ our beds are burning
How can we dance when our (15)__________ is turning
How do we (16)__________ (17)__________ our (18)________ are burning
The (19)________ has (20)________ to say fair's fair
To pay the rent, now to pay our share
The (21)________ has come, a fact's a fact
It (22)______________ to them, We're gonna give it back
How can we (23)__________ when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning

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