Concrete Lyrics - Midnight Oil

In the city the heart still whispers 

Flaking metal a silent witness 

There's chemical fields and cathode clouds 

The milky way is emasculated as exhaust fans 

And smart cards shrink wrap the colored air 

And send it coughing to eternity 

We can see the bright light but we can't reach it 

We are not afraid enough to call 

Go back wrong way you cannot stay you cannot live here 

Concrete you don't free my soul 

In the city the sound is biting 

Cement fingers they are clutching 

The emissary of trash decorates the way 

No wild acres you can see, yearning to breathe 

Concrete you don't free my soul 

Blackened hands and heart of steel, 

No wish to consume, embellish, discard and expire 

Concrete you don't free my soul