King Of The Mountain
By
Midnight Oil
Album
Blue Sky Mining
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- Greetings, New York.
This is Midnight Oil.
We've decided to play some songs
in the street for you today.
We chose a special location,
I'll leave it to you to work why.
For a man who believes
in the power of nature
and the power of love,
the power of people as well.
(upbeat rock music)
♪ Walking through the high dry grass ♪
♪ Pushing my way through slow ♪
♪ Yellow belly black snake
sleeping on a red rock ♪
♪ Waiting for the stranger to go ♪
♪ Sugar train stops at the crossing ♪
♪ Cane cockies cursing below ♪
♪ Bad storm coming ♪
♪ Better run to the top of the mountain ♪
♪ Mountain in the shadow of light ♪
♪ Rain in the valley below ♪
♪ Mountain in the shadow of light ♪
♪ Rain in the valley below ♪
♪ Well, you could say you're Peter ♪
♪ Say you're Paul ♪
♪ Don't put me up on your bedroom wall ♪
♪ Call me king of the mountain ♪
♪ Blacksmith fires up the bellows ♪
♪ Cane cutters burning the load ♪
♪ Workers of the world ♪
♪ Run to the top of the mountain ♪
♪ Mountain in the shadow of light ♪
♪ Rain in the valley below ♪
♪ Mountain in the shadow of light ♪
♪ Rain in the valley below ♪
♪ Well, you could say you're Peter ♪
♪ Say you're Paul ♪
♪ Don't put me up on your bedroom wall ♪
♪ Call me king of the mountain ♪
♪ Well, I can't take
the hands from my face ♪
♪ There are some things
we can't replace, yeah ♪
♪ Mountain in the shadow of light ♪
♪ Rain in the valley below ♪
♪ Mountain in the shadow of light ♪
♪ Well, you could say you're Peter ♪
♪ Say you're Paul ♪
♪ Don't put me up on your bedroom wall ♪
♪ Call me king of the mountain ♪
♪ Well, you could say you're Peter ♪
♪ Say you're Paul ♪
♪ Don't put me up on your bedroom wall ♪
♪ Call me the king of the mountain ♪
♪ Over liquid tarmac
wastelands of cactus and heat ♪
♪ Down cobblestone alleyways
of washing day sheets ♪
♪ Up ghost prairie mountains
of sunset and space ♪
♪ Down the road, a familiar
place, across the wilderness ♪
♪ Out further than the
bush, I will follow you ♪
♪ I will follow you, I will follow you ♪
(crowd cheering)
People who got pushed to the wall
for things that you believe in,
you don't give in.
