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- [Reporter 1] An Exxon oil tanker- 00:01
- [Reporter 2] A CSR company faced tough questioning 00:03
at the company's annual meeting today from shareholders- 00:05
- [Reporter 3] And the payouts 00:07
to workers affected by asbestos. 00:08
("Blue Sky Mine") 00:12
♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey ♪ 00:56
♪ There'll be food on the table tonight ♪ 00:59
♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey ♪ 01:03
♪ There'll be pay in your pocket tonight ♪ 01:06
♪ My gut is wrenched out, it's crunched up and broken ♪ 01:10
♪ A life that is lived is no more than a token ♪ 01:14
♪ Who'll strike the flint upon the stone and tell me why ♪ 01:17
♪ If I yell out at night, there's a reply of bruised silence ♪ 01:24
♪ The screen is no comfort, I can't speak my sentence ♪ 01:28
♪ They blew the lights at heaven's gate and I don't know why ♪ 01:32
♪ But if I work all day on the Blue Sky Mine ♪ 01:39
♪ There'll be food on the table tonight ♪ 01:43
♪ Still I walk up and down on the Blue Sky Mine ♪ 01:46
♪ There'll be pay in your pocket tonight ♪ 01:50
♪ The candy store paupers lie to the shareholders ♪ 01:54
♪ They're crossing their fingers, they pay the truth makers ♪ 01:57
♪ The balance sheet is breaking up the sky ♪ 02:01
♪ So I'm caught at the junction still waiting for medicine ♪ 02:08
♪ The sweat of my brow keeps on feeding the engine ♪ 02:12
♪ Hope the crumbs in my pocket can keep me for another night ♪ 02:15
♪ And if the Blue Sky Mining Company won't come to my rescue ♪ 02:22
♪ If the sugar refining company won't save me ♪ 02:30
♪ Who's gonna save me ♪ 02:36
♪ Who's gonna save me ♪ 02:40
♪ Who's gonna save me ♪ 02:44
♪ But if I work all day on the Blue Sky Mine ♪ 02:48
♪ There'll be food on the table tonight ♪ 02:51
♪ And if I walk up and down on the Blue Sky Mine ♪ 02:55
♪ There'll be pay in your pocket tonight ♪ 02:59
♪ And some have sailed from a distant shore ♪ 03:02
♪ And the company takes what the company wants ♪ 03:06
♪ And nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground ♪ 03:10
♪ Who's gonna save me ♪ 03:46
♪ Who's gonna save me ♪ 03:49
♪ I pray that sense and reason brings us in ♪ 03:53
♪ Who's gonna save me ♪ 04:00
♪ We've got nothing to fear ♪ 04:03
♪ In the end the rain comes down ♪ 04:08
♪ In the end the rain comes down ♪ 04:12
♪ Washes clean the streets of a Blue Sky town ♪ 04:16

Blue Sky Mine – English Lyrics

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Midnight Oil
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Blue Sky Mining
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Lyrics & Translation

[English]
- [Reporter 1] An Exxon oil tanker-
- [Reporter 2] A CSR company faced tough questioning
at the company's annual meeting today from shareholders-
- [Reporter 3] And the payouts
to workers affected by asbestos.
("Blue Sky Mine")
♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
♪ There'll be food on the table tonight ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
♪ There'll be pay in your pocket tonight ♪
♪ My gut is wrenched out, it's crunched up and broken ♪
♪ A life that is lived is no more than a token ♪
♪ Who'll strike the flint upon the stone and tell me why ♪
♪ If I yell out at night, there's a reply of bruised 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 ♪
♪ 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 ♪
♪ 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 ♪
♪ 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 ♪
♪ 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 ♪
♪ 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 ♪
♪ Who's gonna save me ♪
♪ Who's gonna save me ♪
♪ I pray that sense and reason brings us in ♪
♪ Who's gonna save me ♪
♪ We've got nothing to fear ♪
♪ In the end the rain comes down ♪
♪ In the end the rain comes down ♪
♪ Washes clean the streets of a Blue Sky town ♪

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