Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Midnight Oil
Canonical path: /midnight-oil/drop-in-the-ocean
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Drop In The Ocean
Read Drop In The Ocean lyrics by Midnight Oil on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Drop In The Ocean
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Here comes the olive branch man
He'll press it any way he can
He tries so hard to understand
Here comes the tired statesman
Heavy lidded bearded nowhere left to land
He makes the jigsaw fit
With a hammer in his hand
It's just a drop in the ocean
Here comes the nightmare man
He's got the numbers bottom line and sleight
Of hand
He's smiling everywhere he can with feeling
For every fallen soldier every grain of sand
It's just a drop in the ocean
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Midnight Oil performs "Drop In The Ocean", and this lyric page sits inside the Midnight Oil catalog on LyroVerse.
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