Power & The Passion (Live 1/13/1985) - Midnight Oil

Tell me, what does it take to make good now? How many years do you wait? Oh, and now all of the clouds are combining That flickering light's just a flame Oh, but yeah, I'm so tired I've been away for so many years But I guess I'll just wait a bit longer I'll stay 'til they open the gates Oh, but yeah All my life, I stayed here waiting With every new year always making me Feel as though there's nothing up there But one day you came out of nowhere 1985 was a good year The sky broke apart then you appeared Dropped from the heavens, they called me a dreamer I won't lie, I knew you belonged here Lifted off the ground I took your hands and pulled you down Because 1985 was a good year I won't lie, I knew you belonged here Oh well, how many years has it been now? How many days went to waste? Now the rain and the thunder are clashing The sun's got a smile 'cross the face Oh, but yeah, I'm so tired I fight so hard and come back beaten But beacon, burn through it brightly Then sour through a sliver of space Oh, but yeah All my life, I stayed here waiting With every new year always making me Feel as though there's nothing up there But one day you came out of nowhere 1985 was a good year The sky broke apart then you appeared Dropped from the heavens, they called me a dreamer I won't lie, I knew you belonged here Lifted off the ground I took your hands and pulled you down Because 1985 was a good year I won't lie, I knew you belonged here Lifted up Lift us back to the sky and the world above Lifted up Lifted up 1985 was a good year The sky broke apart then you appeared Dropped from the heavens, they called me a dreamer I won't lie, I knew you belonged here Lifted off the ground I took your hands and pulled you down Because 1985 was a good year I won't lie, I knew you belonged here

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 wanna be There's only God There's only Christ Think I'll lie down For just a while And the grass became granite and the sky a black sheet Our bed was a graveyard, we couldn't feel our blistered feet And the moaning and groaning and sighing of death And the silence that followed and the very harsh reality So watch and check them out and listen as we learn Throw the pearls before the swine, ebb and flow, turning tide Yes, we watch and catch them no matter how they jump The pigs will have to come to ground, we've got to make it happen It's really not that new, try and make it happen now 'Cause 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 'cause I wanna be I want to be here at the end I have to be here at the end

Extreme ways are back again Extreme places i didn't know I bought everything new again Everything that i'd owned I threw it out the windows, came along Extreme ways i know move apart The colors of my sea Perfect color me Extreme ways that that help me Help me out at night Extreme places i had gone But never seen any light Dirty basements, dirty noise Dirty places coming through Extreme worlds alone Did you ever like it planned I would stand in line for this There's always room in life for this Oh baby, oh baby Then it fell apart, fell apart Oh baby, oh baby Then it fell apart, it fell apart Oh baby, oh baby Then it fell apart, it fell apart Oh baby, oh baby Like it always does, always does Extreme songs that told me They helped me down every night I didn't have much to say I didn't get above the light I closed my eyes and closed myself And closed my world and never opened Up to anything That could get me along I had to close down everything I had to close down my mind Too many things to cover me Too much can make me blind I've seen so much in so many places So many heartaches, so many faces So many dirty things You couldn't believe I would stand in line for this It's always good in life for this Oh baby, oh baby Then it fell apart, fell apart Oh baby, oh baby Then it fell apart, it fell apart Oh baby, oh baby Then it fell apart, it fell apart Oh baby, oh baby Like it always does, always does