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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Midnight Oil
Performer
Bones Hillman
Bass
Martin Rotsey
Guitar
Rob Hirst
Drums
Jim Moginie
Keyboards
Peter Garrett
Vocals
Warne Livesey
Keyboards
Jeremy Smith
French Horn
Glad .
Horn
Garf .
Horn
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Wayne Stevens
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Midnight Oil
Producer
Martin Rotsey
Producer
Rob Hirst
Producer
Peter Garrett
Producer
Warne Livesey
Producer
David Nicholas
Engineer
James Moginie
Producer
Peter Gifford
Producer
Brendan Morley
Assistant Engineer
Steve Smart
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Intro]
Hey, hey, hey, hey (There'll be food on the table tonight)
Hey, hey, hey, yeah
(There'll be pay in your pocket tonight)
[Verse 1]
My gut is wrenched out, it is crunched up and broken
My life that is lived is no more than a token
Who'll strike the flint upon the stone and tell me why
[Verse 2]
If I yell out at night there's a reply of blue silence
The screen is no comfort, I can't speak my sentence
They blew the lights at heaven's gate and I don't know why
[Chorus]
But if I work all day on the Blue Sky Mine (There'll be food on the table tonight)
Still, I walk up and down on the Blue Sky Mine (There'll be pay in your pocket tonight)
[Verse 3]
The candy store paupers lie to the shareholders
They're crossing their fingers, they pay the truth makers
The balance sheet is breaking up the sky
[Verse 4]
So I'm caught at the junction, still waiting for medicine
The sweat of my brow keeps on feeding the engine
Hope the crumbs in my pocket can keep me for another night
[PreChorus]
And if the Blue Sky Mining Company won't come to my rescue
If the sugar refining company won't save me
Who's gonna save me
Who's gonna save me
Who's gonna save me
[Chorus]
But if I work all day on the Blue Sky Mine (There'll be food on the table tonight)
And if I walk up and down on the Blue Sky Mine (There'll be pay in your pocket tonight)
And some have sailed from a distant shore (And the company takes what the company wants)
And nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground
[Bridge]
Who's gonna save me
Who's gonna save me
I pray that sense and reason brings us in (Who's gonna save me)
Who's gonna save me
We got nothing to fear
[Outro]
In the end, the rain comes down
In the end, the rain comes down
Washes clean the streets of the Blue Sky town
Written by: MOGINIE, Martin Rotsey, Peter Garrett, Robert Hirst, WAYNE STEVENS