The Art of Collaboration

Beds Are Burning

(Land call out, spirit call out, all the time, I listen)


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 fair's fair
Just pay the rent
Now 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


(Mother call out

I hear you, 

Children call out 

I see you

Oh Land call out

I feel you)


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


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

Just pay the rent
Now pay our share


(We need to come together, coz we all one mob ya know?)


Lead Vocals: Simone Waddell and Barry Leef
Drums: Gordon Rytmeister
Bass: Mark Costa
Keys: Rai Thistlethwayte
Guitar: Ben Butler
Guitar: Jim Kelly
Organ: Clayton Doley
Percussion: Sunil De Silva
Didgeridoo: Gumaroy
Aboriginal Featured Artist: Aunty Marlene Cummins 
Aboriginal Featured Artist: Akala Newman
Backing Vocals: Ralph Marshall, Eric Rasmussen, and Rebecca Henry

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The art of collaboration