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Beds Are Burning by Midnight Oil

Out where the (1)__________ broke
The (2)__________________ and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty five 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 dance (5)________ our (6)__________ is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
How can we (7)__________ (8)________ our earth is turning
How do we (9)__________ while our beds are burning
The (10)________ has (11)________ to say (12)__________ fair
To pay the rent
Now to pay our share

Four (13)____________ scare the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The western desert (14)__________ and breathes
In (15)__________ five degrees
The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share
The (16)________ has come
A fact's a fact
It (17)______________ to them
Let's (18)________ it back

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

Answers:
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