Help for sis: name that tune!

[Beastlover]

Here are the words:

.....how can you sleep when the bed is burning....


......how can you .....while the world is turning.....


....its time to pay the rent.....


That is it...anyone know this song/artist????

 

[cynsaun]

The group is called Midnight Oil, and I think the song is called, "Beds are Burning".

I loved that song!

 

[pfishgirl]

The group is called Midnight Oil, and I think the song is called, "Beds are Burning".

I agree

 

[debster812]

The group is called Midnight Oil, and I think the song is called, "Beds are Burning".

I loved that song!

cynsaun is 100% correct. Song title is "Beds are Burning" from Midnight Oils album "Diesel and Dust". Gosh I loved them in the 80s. I have that CD on my iPod.

 

[Beastlover]

Thanks guys!! My sis says thanks too!!

This solves a 2 year mystery for her!!

 

[RoyalCanadian]

I had that song on my "Australia Trip" mixed tape back in 1989. Ah, mixed tapes -- the "Ipod" of the 80s.

Here are the lyrics to help fill in the blanks. This site lists the author as Unknown , however www.bluefish.org gives credit to Rob Hirst, Peter Garrett, and Jim Moginie.

 

[Pop Daddy]

is your sis sexy

 

[Beth76]

Oooh, I love that song and I love Midnight Oil. I only have a cassette tape of that album. I should probably buy the CD.

 

[Sparx]

I love the song.

Out where the river broke
The bloodwood 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 fairs 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, let's give it back

How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning

 

[crazee4mickey]

Too late to answer...knew the song as soon as I saw the post--loved Midnight Oil--went to their concert and thought the big bald singer was so hot---and I was 7 months pregnant!