Mountains Of Burma Lyrics - Blue Sky Mining - Midnight Oil

The tucker box is empty now, the heart of Kelly's country cleared 

The gangers on the southern line, like the steam trains have disappeared 

Pelicans glide, miracles up in the sky 

We vote for the government, with axes in his eyes 

Mountains of Burma, the road to Mandalay 

In the mountains of Burma, light years away, mountains of Burma 

Will the sons of Solidarity, still march on May Day 

And will the sisters of the seventies, still fight for equal pay 

There's no on eon the Reeperbahn, no more blankets handed out for land 

We feed an economy, that's got blood on it's hands 

Mountains of Burma... 

Pack your bags full of guns and ammunition 

Bills fall due for the industrial revolution 

Scorch the earth till the earth surrenders 

Soldiers of armies, storm empty fields 

In a traveller's trance, on the way to the high frontier 

Sleepwalkers stumble, cable cars run aground 

Imaginary enemies, form high above the clouds 

In the Mountains of Burma... 

(Hirst)