Midnight Oil - Maralinga lyrics

(spoken) I come from a land of wide open spaces Where the world turns around us and we just follow suit There's heat in the air and peace reigns supreme Got white flags on the clothes lines and the deals are new In the wind, the ashes fly The poison crown, the charcoal ground And if you can't see the smile in me That's where i want to be There's only god, there's only christ Think i'll lie down, for just a while So watch and check them out and listen as we learn Throw the pearls before the swine, ebb and flow and turning tide Yes we watch and catch them down no matter how they jump The pigs will have to come to ground,we've got to make it happen now It's not really that new, try and make it happen now What are we to do, maybe there's a chance for you All around, an eerie sound Their dreams a cloud, their world in shrouds In the wind, the ashes fly Not much time, but time to try And if you can't see the smile in me, that's where i want to be I want to be here at the, i have to be here at the end (moginie/garrett)