Biography:
Midnight Oil are an influential alternative rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1976. The band originally formed as "Farm" in 1972. The band is best known for their political activism and environmentalism and their 1987 worldwide hit single "Beds Are Burning". For most of their career, the band consisted of Peter Garrett (vocals), Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboards), Martin Rotsey (guitar), Bones Hillman (bass, vocals) and Rob Hirst (drums).
The band split in 2002 to allow Garrett to focus on his political career.
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Other songs:
- Beds Are Burning
- Us Forces
- Antarctica
- Arctic World
- Bedlam Bridge
- Best Of Both Worlds
- Bird Noises
- Blue Sky Mine
- Bullroarer
- Bushfire
- E
- Forgotten Years
- Golden Age
- Hercules
- Home
- Im The Cure
- In The Valley
- King Of The Mountain
- Knifes Edge
- Koala Sprint
- Kosciusko
- Lucky Country
- Luritja Way
- Mountains Of Burma
- One Country
- Outbreak Of Love
- Shakers And Movers
- Sleep
- Stars Of Warburton
- Tell Me The Truth
- The Dead Heart
- The Real Thing
- Truganini
- Under The Overpass
- Warakurna
- Wedding Cake Island
- Whoa
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
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My life is a valuable thing
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I want to keep it that way
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I won't cry
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My life's such a valuable thing
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Some things don't fade away
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I don't mind
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We give the best we can give
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We won't forget we can't forgive
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Keep us radioactive free
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Strike a bell in Hiroshima park
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You know that we can't see in the dark
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We try & we try & we try...
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Who waits for the planes to come
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When everybody's got you on the run
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South Pacific carry on
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It seems to me that what we're saying
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Nobody wants to talk about
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This is no time to be wondering why
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I do the best I can do
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I'll find my way it's a very special world
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Why wait for the planes to come
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Here comes the submarines
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Sinking South Pacific dreams
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Here comes the submarines
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