Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine

[Intro]Hey, hey, hey, hey (There'll be food on the table tonight)Hey, hey, hey, yeah(There'll be pay in your pocket tonight)[Verse 1]My gut is wrenched out, it is crunched up and brokenMy life that is lived is no more than a tokenWho'll strike the flint upon the stone and tell me why[Verse 2]If I yell out at night there's a reply of blue silenceThe screen is no comfort, I can't speak my sentenceThey blew the lights at heaven's gate and I don't know why[Chorus]But if I work all day on the Blue Sky Mine (There'll be food on the table tonight)Still, I walk up and down on the Blue Sky Mine (There'll be pay in your pocket tonight)[Verse 3]The candy store paupers lie to the shareholdersThey're crossing their fingers, they pay the truth makersThe balance sheet is breaking up the sky[Verse 4]So I'm caught at the junction, still waiting for medicineThe sweat of my brow keeps on feeding the engineHope the crumbs in my pocket can keep me for another night[PreChorus]And if the Blue Sky Mining Company won't come to my rescueIf the sugar refining company won't save meWho's gonna save meWho's gonna save meWho's gonna save me[Chorus]But if I work all day on the Blue Sky Mine (There'll be food on the table tonight)And if I walk up and down on the Blue Sky Mine (There'll be pay in your pocket tonight)And some have sailed from a distant shore (And the company takes what the company wants)And nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground[Bridge]Who's gonna save meWho's gonna save meI pray that sense and reason brings us in (Who's gonna save me)Who's gonna save meWe got nothing to fear[Outro]In the end, the rain comes downIn the end, the rain comes downWashes clean the streets of the Blue Sky town