King Of The Mountain Lyrics - Blue Sky Mining - Midnight Oil

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 

Well you can say you're Peter, say you're Paul 

Don't put me up on your bedroom wall, call me the 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 

I can't take my hands from my face, there are some things we can't replace 

Mountain in the 

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 at a familiar place, across the wilderness 

Out further than the bush I will follow you