River Runs Red Lyrics - Blue Sky Mining - Midnight Oil

So you cut all the tall trees down, you poisoned the sky and the sea 

You've taken what's good from the ground 

But you've left precious little for me 

You remember the flood and the fall, we remember the light on the hill 

There should be enough for us all, but the dollar is driving us still 

River runs red, black rain falls, dust in my hand 

River runs red, black rain falls, on my bleeding land 

So we came and we conquered and found 

Riches of commons and kings 

Who strangled and wrestled the ground 

But they never put back anything 

Now I'm trapped like a dog in a cage 

Wherever the truth is pursued 

It must be the curse of the age 

What's taken is never renewed 

(Hirst/Moginie)