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, we're gona give it back How can we dance when our earth is turning? How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
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, we're gona give it back How can we dance when our earth is turning? How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
• "Beds Are Burning" é a primeira faixa do sexto álbum da Midnight Oil, *Diesel and Dust*, lançado em 1987, e saiu como segundo single da coleção.
• A música alcançou a posição número 1 nas paradas de Nova Zelândia, África do Sul e Canadá, e atingiu o topo da lista de rádio em vários países, enquanto chegou ao 17º lugar nos Estados Unidos.
• Em 2000, a banda tocou a canção no encerramento dos Jogos Olímpicos de Sydney sem a autorização da OII, protestando contra a mensagem política que a faixa traz.
• Em 2001, a Australasian Performing Right Association colocou "Beds Are Burning" no terceiro lugar entre as "Melhores Canções Australianas de Todos os Tempos", atrás apenas de "Friday on My Mind" (The Easybeats) e "Eagle Rock" (Daddy Cool).
• No ranking de 2018 da Triple M, a canção foi classificada como a 9ª mais "australiana" de todos os tempos, e em 2025 ela voltou a entrar nas Top 20 do Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian Songs, ocupando a 18ª posição.
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