Midnight Oil, known also as "The Oils" to fans, is an Australian rock band from Sydney originally performing as Farm from 1972 with drummer drum kit Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard player keyboard instrument /lead guitarist Jim Moginie. While vocalist vocals Peter Garrett was studying at Australian National University in Canberra, and by 1975 the band was touring the east coast.
Important to their development was... [read more] - Bushfire
In my shoes, in my shoesThere is so much to remind meAs the stars come out above me, homeCool wind, clear my headBright sun grow my foodStrong rain clear my heartFill my landIt's a new dayI don't know why it is...
- Drums Of Heaven
By the time the luminous descent of the bright star unfoldsAnd tablets of strange love are shattered and bruisedBy the time the oleander has fallen from bloomAnd the tears of the crocodile water the sunBy the time you...
- Earth And Sun And Moon
In the morning we will wake up and take to the airLook back at the planet - I'm glued to my chairSouthern half is burning as we climb through the ckySea birds softly falling, smoke way up highThere's the contours of...
- Feeding Frenzy
Well I'm as old as the hillsAnd young as the dayNobody sees things, in quite the same wayComputers and shovels, churches and brothelsMannequins and skeletons, cities and dustbowlsHere we go here we go againHear the...
- In The Valley
My grandfather went down with the MonteVideoThe rising sun sent him floating to his restAnd his wife fled south to Sydney seeking out safe harbourA North Shore matron she became with some paying guestsMy father went...
- My Country
Was it just a dream, were you so confusedWas it just a giant leap of logicWas it the time of year, that makes a state of fearMethods were the motives for the actionAnd did I hear you sayMy country right or wrongDid...
- Now Or Never Land
I grew tall in this lucky landAnd I thank God for that, but there's needles in the sandOzone in the eucalypt and on the Steppes tonightThere's pushing and a shoving on the throne tonightIt's a rhythm of the seaLost...
- Outbreak Of Love
The world is crashing down on me tonightThe walls are closing in on me tonightCos I know this is the end of the beginning of the outbreak of loveThe stars come falling down on me tonightSharks are coming up to feedI...
- Renaissance Man
Well I told you about the forest and trees and the chlorophyll greenYes I told you the birds will endure flutter wings dance on leavesHold onto dreams, hold onto dreams tonightWell I told you about the high pressure...
- Tell Me The Truth
I believe we're crossing the great ravineStill yearning half way a strangerI believe in our multiplictyStill part-blind no reason for angerI believe we pull up our roots and retreatA new crop of aerials in Dacca and...
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