martes, 26 de abril de 2011

HOW DO WE SLEEP WHILE OUR BEDS ARE BURNING?

Ya había hablado de la canción de Midnight Oil "Beds are burning" y su defensa por los derechos de los aborígenes australianos. Hoy vuelvo a escucharla en VH1, durante mi café matutino en la tele del bar, y me apetece volver a colocarla aquí; esta vez con la letra. ¡Una buena manera de empezar la mañana, con marcha y optimismo! ¿Cómo podemos dormir mientras nuestras camas están ardiendo?
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Out where the river broke
The blood wood and the desert 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 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 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

Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The western desert 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 while 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

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