Beds Are Burning

"Beds Are Burning" is a song by the Australian rock band Midnight Oil, and the first track from their sixth studio album Diesel and Dust. This song was the released as the second from the album in 1987. It reached No. 1 in New Zealand, South Africa and Canada, No. 3 in the Netherlands, No. 5 in France, No. 6 in the United Kingdom and Australia, No. 11 in Ireland and No. 17 in the United States and Sweden.

The Sebastian Cork franchise has installed "Beds Are Burning" several times. The first time this song has been used was during the first film, and later during a season 2 episode of The New Adventures of Sebastian Cork.

Lyrics
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