Movers and Shakers

To the erudite caveman, my friend Daniel, for tolerating my silly nature and playing his guitar for me.


From "Blue Sky Mining" by Midnight Oil

Won't you come on down the line,
away from barren ground
The harlot and the autocrat,
are they driving you further down
The seasons rhymes, they anchor me, against the raging tide
Take you to the last wild place,
skin and the stars they embrace
A caveman could a saint become,
in a hospital ward on the somme
We can dive into distant amoebas,
our wings could melt in the sun

I can shake, I can move, but I can't without your love
I can break, over you, but I can't live without your love

Our poet Henry Lawson, he named them, the layem out brigade
Here they come, there they go,
oh great God of development
Don't really know you yet
Coastline hosed down washed away, economics now there's nothing left
Tomorrow's child takes concrete footsteps
And they'll drink champagne
or be damned

And the storm is breaking now,
yes the storm is crashing down

(moginie/garrett)

Category:

Music

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• Blue
• Sky
• Mining
• Midnight
• Oil
• Movers
• and
• Shakers
• love

[haerverk]

'drink champagne or be damned'

shit, with a minor edit I could almost tattoo that :P nice and interesting tune

[loveyoutodeathbut]

That's one of my favorite albums (Blue Sky Mine) because I love every track.

[finallytricked]

"oh great God of development............."

timeless classic line

[RedrooAU]

Hey LYTD...cols i ask for a request (it's like calling into a radio station LOL) could you put up 'The Great Gibber Plain' From 'Redneck Wonderland' album, another great oils song no-one seems to play anymore...thanks in advance mate...PS: last night on Radio National Tuesday 23 Nov 2010 they had the top 100 best Australian albums of all time...Dust came in at number one...still sounds great after all these years...cheers mate...

[RamsesTVchannel9]

Awesome!!!

Beautiful!!!

Magic...

Thx 4 posting.

[ayisza]

Sliczna piosenka... Bardzo mi sie podoba... :) Pozdrawiam serdecznie... :)

[RedrooAU]

Thanx for this mate...one of the best tracks on the album...bugga it the whole albums great...

[loveyoutodeathbut]

Thank you for the comment ID666~

[surfcottage]

This is lovely.... dont worry... I get dyslexic too when I type :)

[amarcordeon]

Wonderful image and song

*****

Lillo

[loveyoutodeathbut]

You are so right! I be must dyslexic :P Great song, what ever they call it.  Thank you for your gentle correction.

[kdogg2573]

It's actually "Shakers and Movers"

8th track off "Blue Sky Mine"

Thanks for posting!