
Beds Are Burning fue un éxito a nivel mundial por allá por 1987-88 y fue la primera canción de su álbum Diesel and Dust, y segundo single, esta canción además es una de las mas famosas de la banda fuera de Australia.
Yo me acuerdo perfectamente cuando vi el video por aquellos años siendo una niña y sin entender nada de lo que decia... no se porque, me llegaba igual, me imagino que las imágenes hablan mas que mil palabras, sobre todo cuando se es niño y con mucha sensibilidad por las imágenes!
La canción habla de devolver la tierra a las comunidades indigenas, en este caso a la
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
















