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Artist: Midnight Oil
Canonical path: /midnight-oil/the-dead-heart
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The Dead Heart
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The Dead Heart
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We don't serve your country, don't serve your king
Know your custom, don't speak your tongue
White man came took everyone
We don't serve your country, don't serve your king
White man listen to the songs we sing
White man came took everything
We carry in our hearts the true country
And that cannot be stolen
We follow in the steps of our ancestry
And that cannot be broken
We don't serve your country, don't serve your king
Know your custom, don't speak your tongue
White man came took everyone
We don't need protection, don't need your hand
Keep your promise on where we stand
We will listen, we'll understand
We carry in our hearts the true country
And that cannot be stolen
We follow in the steps of our ancestry
And that cannot be broken
We carry in our hearts the true country
And that cannot be stolen
We follow in the steps of our ancestry
And that cannot be broken
Broken!
Mining companies
Pastoral companies
Uranium companies
Collected companies
Got more right than people
Got more say than people, oh yeah
More say than people, oh yeah
More say than people, oh yeah
More say than people, oh yeah
My heart!
Forty thousand years can make a difference
To the state of things
The dead heart
The dead heart
The dead heart
Lives here!
The dead heart
The dead heart
The dead heart
Lives here!
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