Mosquito March
when they march
when they march over fields of green
when they march
when they march over fields of green
when they march
when they march over fields of green
walking in the wilderness
no future to the question
you might get a simple answer
get a simple answer
walking in the wilderness
you're naked now just skin and sand
you'll get a smile answer
get a smile answer
see the king see the king of happiness
see the king
see the king of happiness in the light
in the light you can see him crawl
see the king
see the king of happiness
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Shakers & Movers
Wont you come on down the line, away from barren ground
The harlot and the autocrat, are they driving you further down
The seasons rhymes, they anchor me, against the raging tide
Take you to the last wild place, skin and the stars they embrace
A caveman could a saint become, on a hospital ward on the somme
We can dive into distant amoebas, our wings could melt in the sun
I can shake, I can move, but I live cant without your love
I can break, over you, but I live without your love
Our poet henry lawson, he named them, the layem out brigade
Here they come, there they go, oh great God of development
Dont really know you yet
Coastline hosed down washed away, economics now theres nothing left
Tomorrows child takes concrete footsteps
And theyll drink champagne or be damned
And the storm is breaking now, yes the storm is crashing down
(moginie/garrett)
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Kosciusko
Older than kosciusko
Darwin down to alice springs
Dealers in the clearinghouse
The settlements explode
High up in the homelands
Miners drive across the land
Encounter no resistance
When the people block the road
Older than kosciusko
Dry white seasons years ago
Darkness over charleville
The fires begin to grow
No end to the hostility
Now they want to be somewhere else
No stranger to brutality
Now theyd like to be someone else
Older than kosciusko
Driven back to alice springs
Endless storm and struggle
Marks the spirit of the age
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Kosciuszko
Older than kosciuszko
Darwin down to alice springs
Dealers in the clearinghouse
The settlements explode
High up in the homelands
Miners drive across the land
Encounter no resistance
When the people block the road
Older than kosciuszko
Dry white seasons years ago
Darkness over charleville
The fires begin to grow
No end to the hostility
Now they want to be somewhere else
No stranger to brutality
Now theyd like to be someone else
Older than kosciuszko
Driven back to alice springs
Endless storm and struggle
Marks the spirit of the age
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Pictures
I just want to see that clear clear ight
Dont want to be a member of a species thats deceasing
Keep on making those promises that they arent keeping
Oh I was a talking to the people next door
Said they dont want to die in a nuclear war
Now we went walking down the old north road
We got a common cause we got a heavy heavy load
Watching pictures of the world
Watching pictures as they pass me by
Dont stop at that light
Dont go out at night
My artificial heart
Expensive spare parts
Ive been a sailor on the sea Ive been a flyer in the air
Ive seen a whole lot of bleeding hearts out there
They dont talk so much I tell you they still care
They cant go on living like this they cant go on
Dont sit around in silence you dont need a licence
Its moving in a hurrytheres no need to worry
Were really going to change it the critical mass approaches
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Run By Night
Im on the whiskey flying, and Ill run by night
Im on the whiskey running, and Ill run by night
Im on the winter cycle, shut my eyes to the bite
Im on the winter cycle, shake my fist at the bite
Im on the whiskey flying, and Ill run by night
Im on the phone to summer, so Ill see you on the flight
My friends are at a party, playing games with the light
I hate to say Im wrong, I just know Im right
We all run by night
Im on the whiskey flying, and Ill run by night
Im on the glaze a burning, and it burns in the light
Im on a turning circle, turn my face from the bite
Im on a turning circle, hear me screaming at the bite
Im on the edge of danger, and Ill run by night
Im on the phone to summer, so i;ll see you on the flight
My friends are at a party, playing games with the light
I hate to say Im wrong, I just know Im right
We all run by night
(moginie/hirst/rotsey)
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Naked Flame
This is a mad house, she goes straight for the palm
Youll be luck to make it till tuesday
I say you must be joking, the ideas absurd
But the pictures hanging on her every word
But she comes right back, her black velvet cat
Has gone smiled all over the carpet
He says I know my rights, Ive got nothing to say
But he cried all night on the night n day
Ive seen the naked flame
And Im turning my eyes away
Yes its a mad house, the minister shouts
But his words drown out in the crowd
He says I open my mouth and some idiot speaks
So he strikes the service for another two weeks
Then the partys over, its a free-for-all
Im under the table, I got my foot in the door
Well shes a natural leader, and shes bound to win
Shes just waiting for the burning to begin
Ive seen the naked flame
Its gonna burn me again
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Progress
Say yes to a real life ambition, say yes to our hopes and our plans
Forget about your indecision, lets get the beast off our land
A tree that can grow no longer, a beach that has got no sand
I would pay out a kings ransom, if we could just understand
Got your last meal, filled up with pesticide
Hamburger chain third world infanticide
Got robot car your jobs will disappear
Its the politics of a brand new year
Manhattanization is coming, open your eyes if you dare
Carry us on to the crossroads, come to your senses and care
16 million, I cant hear you at all
Some say thats progress
I say thats cruel
You may be safe in your hemisphere
But theres so much junk in the stratosphere
We got our eyes on the firmament, hands on the armaments
Heads full of arguments, and words for our monuments
I wont deny it, can we survive?
Some say thats progress
I say thats cruel.
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Blossom And Blood
Hirst/Moginie)
You the mothers who sent your sons
Wipe away your tears
For those who fought and those who fell
Become our sons as well
You the warriors with your words
Throw away your spears
You talk of times of peace for all
And then prepare for war
All people with dreams, all mothers with sons
All people with dreams ever woken at night by the sound of guns
Like a child that's born on a moonless night
Like a child that's born, we parachute down to an unknown fight
CHORUS
This city of blossom and blood
This city suffered more than it should
These sidewalk silhouettes not washed away, not washed away
Whatever you've done, whatever you think you've done, whatever you've done
There's a hope in the heart that says never again
Never again, whatever you say, whatever you say
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Jimmy Sharmans Boxers
From the red dust north of dalmore downs
Sharmans tents roll into town
Twelve will face the auctioneer
Sharmans boxers stand their ground
Their days are darker than your nights
But they wont be the first to fall
Children broken from their dreams
But they wont be the first to fall
Fighting in the spotlight
Eyes turn blacker than their skin
For jimmy sharmans boxers
Its no better if you win
Standing in the darkness
Lined up waiting for the bell
The days are wasted drinking
At the first and last hotel
Why are we fighting for this?
Why are you paying for this?
You pay to see me fall like shrapnel
To the floor
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