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Beds Are Burning by Midnight Oil

Out (1)__________ the river broke
The bloodwood and the (2)____________ oak
Holden (3)____________ and (4)______________ diesels
Steam in (5)__________ (6)________ degrees
The (7)________ 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 (8)________ our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
How can we (9)__________ when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
The (10)________ has come to say (11)__________ fair
To pay the rent
Now to pay our share

Four (12)____________ scare the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The (13)______________ desert lives and breathes
In (14)__________ (15)________ degrees
The (16)________ 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 while our beds are burning
How can we (17)__________ when our earth is turning
How do we sleep (18)__________ our (19)________ are burning
The (20)________ has come 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 (23)________ it back
How can we (24)__________ when our (25)__________ is turning
How do we sleep (26)__________ our beds are burning

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