Out where the river broke
  The blood wood and the desert oak
  Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
  Steam in fourty-five degrees
  
  The time has come, to say fair's fair
  To pay the rent, to pay our share
  The time has come, a fact's a fact
  It belongs to them, let's give it back
  
  How can we dance when our earth is turning
  How do we sleep while our beds are burning
  How can we dance when our earth is turning
  How do we sleep while our beds are burning
  
  The time has come to say fair's fair
  To pay the rent now to pay the share
  
  Four wheels scare the cockatoos
  From Kintyre East to Yuendemu
  The western desert lives and
  Breathes in fourty-five degrees.
  
  The time has come, to say fair's fair
  To pay the rent, to pay our share
  The time has come, a fact's a fact
  It belongs to them, let's give it back
  
  How can we dance when our earth is turning
  How do we sleep while our beds are burning
  How can we dance when our earth is turning
  How do we sleep while our beds are burning
  
  The time has come to say fair's fair
  To pay the rent now to pay the share
  The time has come a fact's a fact
  It belongs to them we're gonna give it back
  
  How can we dance when our earth is turning
  How do we sleep while our beds are burning