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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 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 (2)______________ to them
Let's give it back

How can we dance (3)________ our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
How can we (4)__________ (5)________ our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
The (6)________ has (7)________ to say fairs fair
To pay the rent
Now to pay our share

Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The western (8)____________ 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 (9)__________ 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

Answers:
(1) desert(2) belongs(3) when(4) dance(5) when(6) time(7) come(8) desert(9) while