Midnight River - Vaults

Standing in the house of the founding fathers It's a house that's not been well looked after Now there's a fatal flaw in the mighty rafters There's a rule of law written by the cotton masters I took my place at the Murray darling chamber I saw no friendly face, I was a stranger There was a secret plan, a plan to hasten slowly There was a show of hands, and I was on my only No other place on Earth No other place on Earth What you see is an act of terror The bush surrenders to the ball and chain As the world becomes one The country comes undone High as the banks of the Darling river Dry as the bed of the inland sea As the world becomes one The country comes undone Hard as the rocks of the endless gibber Deep as the roots of the Mallee tree As the world becomes one The country comes undone All that's left is a tiny glimmer Of the days when the river was running free As the world becomes one The country comes undone Who left the bag of idiots open? Who drank the bottle of bad ideas? Who drew the last drop from the bottom? Good people Good people are forgotten Let's shake some truth out of the jar Let's kick the crooks out of the kitchen We'll tell some stories at the bar Good people Good people are forgotten Sister Mary plays her mystery train In a town at the end of a railway line Sister Mary plays her mystery train In a town at the end of the railway line So shake some truth out of the jar It's a battle of blurry edges There's a famine of compassion Good people Good people are forgotten Good people Good people are forgotten Good people Good people are forgotten Good people are forgotten (Good people) good people are forgotten (Good people) good people are forgotten (Good people) good people are forgotten (Good people) good people are forgotten Good people are forgotten

Momentary nights In your paradise I need your moments every night 'Cause you make a wrong feel like a right Open blinded eyes I don't know what the end is like But I wanna be there with you Tell me it's love You're not just craving my touch Got some things to clean up, we'll be fine While you face all your fears I promise I'll be right here When you need me, just call anytime And we can float on a midnight river We can fly through the moonlit sky We can float on a midnight river We can fly through the moonlit sky For the rest of our lives Appreciating every magical encounter Let go of insecurities, they don't matter All of the chatter, I'm in a mix, a batter Had to play a batter, 'bout to swing and shatter Any expectation, brand new revelation Better conversation with no limitation Got no time to play it like a station, ayy You know I'm on the way and I can almost taste the day Taste of you give a nigga déjà vu Welcome back, I feel like maze did too, true Hallelujah to the sky, feel like I died and went to heaven It's love and I just hope you get the message, yeah Tell me it's love You're not just craving my touch Got some things to clean up, we'll be fine, yeah While you face all your fears I promise I'll be right here When you need me, just call anytime And we can float on a midnight river We can fly through the moonlit sky We can float on a midnight river We can fly through the moonlit sky For the rest of our lives Tell me it's love You're not just craving my touch Got some things to clean up, we'll be fine While you face all your fears I promise I'll be right here When you need me, just call anytime And we can float on a midnight river

So you cut all the tall trees down You poisoned the sky and the sea You've taken what's good from the ground But you've left precious little for me You remember the flood and the fall We remember the light on the hill There should be enough for us all But the dollar is driving us still The river runs red, black rain falls Dust in my hand River runs red, black rain falls On my bleeding land So we came and conquered, and found Riches of commons and kings Who strangled and wrestled the ground But they never put back anything Now I'm trapped like a dog in a cage Wherever the truth is pursued It must be the curse of the age What's taken is never renewed The river runs red, black rain falls Dust in my hand River runs red, black rain falls On my bleeding land, oh yeah The river runs red, black rain falls Dust in my hand A river runs red, black rain falls On my bleeding land Land, land, land, land (On my bleeding land) Land, land The river runs red, black rain falls Dust in my hand (My hand) The river runs red, black rain falls On my bleeding land The river runs red, the black rain falls (The river runs red, the black rain falls) Dust in my hand (My hand) The river runs red, black rain falls On my bleeding land Land, land, land, land Land, land, land, land