Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Midnight Oil
Canonical path: /midnight-oil/outside-world
Related lyric paths: 6
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Outside World
Read Outside World lyrics by Midnight Oil on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Outside World
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There's a wind on the eastern side
Ghost Gums dance in the moonlight night
Mopoke mourns the racketeers
The bosses they can sense you mind
All in place to a hand that rules
They all want to deal you out
I can see the outside world
Everything's inviting in the outside world
Leaving all my problems in the outside world
Leaving all my problems in the outside world
It's the summer of another year
A little world weary a little more to fear
Hold those cards tight to your chest
Maybe some day you could be a man
Living quietly in a caravan
Not the Lismore Road tonight
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Midnight Oil performs "Outside World", and this lyric page sits inside the Midnight Oil catalog on LyroVerse.
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