Una delle 500 canzoni inserite nella The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. # 1 in Nuova Zelanda e Sud Africa, # 2 in Canada, # 3 in Olanda, # 5 in Francia, # 6 nel Regno Unito, # 11 in Irlanda e # 17 nella U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Il cantante, Peter Garrett, è un cittadino attivo nella gestione della "cosa pubblica".
Out where the river broke
The blood wood 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
