Kosciusko Lyrics - Midnight Oil

Older than Kosciusko 

Darwin down to Alice Springs 

Dealers in the clearing house 

The settlements explode 

High up in the homelands 

Miners drive across the land 

Encounter no resistance 

When the people block the road 

Older than Kosciusko 

Dry white seasons years ago 

Darkness over Charleville 

The fires begin to grow 

No end to the hostility 

Now they wanna be somewhere else 

No stranger to brutality 

Now they'd like to be someone else 

Older than Kosciusko 

Driven back to Alice Springs 

Endless storm and struggle 

Marks the spirit of the age 

High up in the homelands 

Celebration 'cross the land 

Builds up like a cyclone 

Now the fires begin to rage 

No end to the hostility 

Now they wanna be somewhere else 

No stranger to brutality 

Now they'd like to be someone else 

Call off the ultimatum 

No, don't turn away 

Call off the ultimatum until yesterday 

Call off the ultimatum 

No, don't turn away 

Bind up the brokenhearted 

No, don't turn away 

Call off the ultimatum until yesterday 

No end to the hostility 

Now they wanna be somewhere else 

No stranger to brutality 

Now they'd like to be someone else 

No end to the hostility 

Now they wanna be somewhere