The Dead Heart

Album: Diesel and Dust (1986)
Charted: 68 53
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  • We don't serve your country
    Don't serve your king
    Know your custom, don't speak your tongue
    White man came, took everyone

    We don't serve your country
    Don't serve your king
    White man listen to the songs we sing
    White man came, took everything

    We carry in our hearts the true country
    And that cannot be stolen
    We follow in the steps of our ancestry
    And that cannot be broken

    We don't serve your country
    Don't serve your king
    Know your custom, don't speak your tongue
    White man came, took everyone

    We don't need protection
    Don't need your hand
    Keep your promise on where we stand
    We will listen we'll understand
    Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

    We carry in our hearts the true country
    And that cannot be stolen
    We follow in the steps of our ancestry
    And that cannot be broken

    We carry in our hearts the true country
    And that cannot be stolen
    We follow in the steps of our ancestry
    And that cannot be broken

    Broken

    Mining companies, pastoral companies
    Uranium companies of, companies of
    Collected companies
    Got more right than people, yeah
    Got more say than people, yeah
    More say than the people, oh yeah
    More say than people, yeah
    More say than people, yeah
    Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
    Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
    Yeah, yeah, yeah

    Forty thousand years that makes a difference to the state of things

    The dead heart
    The dead heart
    The dead heart, oh, lives here
    The dead heart
    The dead heart, I said
    The dead heart lives
    It lives here Writer/s: James Moginie, Martin Rotsey, Peter Garrett, Peter Gifford, Robert Hirst
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Jamal from NigeriaThis song is a true banger
  • John from Auckland, -Totally agree Myla. This is one of their best. I saw them live in Wellington, New Zealand, many moons ago, and they were simply awesome !
  • Myla from San Diego, CaAwesome song and awesome band who wrote socially conscious songs that had a great message and also rocked!!!
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