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Beds Are Burning by Midnight Oil

Out where the river broke
The bloodwood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty (1)________ 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 (2)__________ is turning
How do we (3)__________ (4)__________ our beds are burning
How can we (5)__________ when our earth is turning
How do we (6)__________ while our (7)________ are burning
The (8)________ has (9)________ to say fairs fair
To pay the rent
Now to pay our share

Four (10)____________ (11)__________ the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The (12)______________ (13)____________ lives and breathes
In forty (14)________ degrees
The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share
The (15)________ has come
A fact's a fact
It (16)______________ to them
Let's (17)________ it back

How can we (18)__________ when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
How can we (19)__________ when our earth is turning
How do we sleep (20)__________ our beds are burning
The (21)________ has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent, now to pay our share
The (22)________ has come, a fact's a fact
It (23)______________ to them, We're gonna give it back
How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we (24)__________ while our (25)________ are burning

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