When The Generals Talk Lyrics - Midnight Oil

Up there on the platform 

He is speaking to the people 

The people are responding 

With clapping and a'cheering 

But the meaning of the message 

Not revealed to those assembled 

They're taken for a ride 

Taken In his stride 

When the Generals talk 

You better listen to him 

When the Generals talk 

You better do what he say 

There's a rumor in the ranking 

Someone's talking insurrection 

So the General has a purge 

Cause he wants to win elections 

With the certain satisfaction 

That the people are appeased 

Long live the revolution 

The General's very pleased 

Sitting on the fence both ears to the ground 

The fat cats still push the thin cats around