Midnight Oil - Who Can Stand In The Way Lyrics






Well oh well I feel I'm in decay
John Laws is on the air again
It's heavy traffic, jacarandas, eye in the sky and foot on ground
I see a million sand speck'd ants in mortal combat hand to hand

And I feel that I
Yes I feel that I
Seem to live this life long distance
gaze at the things surround me
People rolling in and out
Those circles and tides confound me

And there's just one thing
Yes there's just one thing

Who can stand in the way
When there's a dollar to be made?

I was hanging round off Dobroyd Point
When the first fleet chain sailed in
Looked into the clearest blue
The scurvy smell, the convicts cry

And we just carried on,
Yes we just carried on

Now choppers strafe the supermarket sky
and people wonder why
Chopping down tons of trees
Got seas of print not a soul can read say
Why do I drown you build brick boxes
One by one now they block my sun
But it's metal on metal
It's the dance of TV
If Christ were here he'd camera check
He'd cry so loud the planes would stop
He'd cry so loud the earth would shake
And men would fall in tinsel town

There's just one thing
Yes there's just one thing...

Who can stand in the way
When there's a dollar to be made?

Precious moments, precious few
When that dollar's more than me and you
It's the joy of forgetting,
Such a joy to forget
But we killed all our firstborn
And we slashed and we burned
And we sold off the paddocks
And we raped and we gouged
On the wings of a six-pack
Will we ever learn?

[Spoken]

When the spinifex hit Sydney, it was the last thing we expected
When the desert to Gladesville, we tried to tame it
And when the emus grazed at Pyrmont, it suddenly dawned on us all
Hah, finally the world was silent and the door was shut.





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  1. 2.... ....

    Australia is screwed.
    Bye the government's

  2. G.... T....

    I AM NOT SUFFERING A ONE MINUTE ADD TO SEE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK GRAMMARLY AND FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!!

  3. B.... ....

    The emus love this song. Pyrmont is their promised land.

  4. B.... ....

    Who can stand in the way when there is a dollar to be made? Not even Jesus.

  5. T.... T....

    Once banned in the USA

  6. C.... C....

    Brilliant

  7. D.... M....

    You should check out "Oils on water". Their 1st few albums live on Goat Island in Sydney harbor. Amazing I promise.

    D.... M....

    Best concert ever.

  8. R.... M....

    Some sweeping reforms in housing needs to occur. Renting is a scam. Investment housing market is s scam. A way to make the home no one wants to buy a much better investment is call it an investment opportunity. Sales pitch scam language for money hole.

  9. 1.... ....

    Some very interesting lines in this song.

    1.... ....

    men would fall in Tinseltown.

  10. M.... L....

    Standing Rock stand Firm

  11. H.... L....

    un des meilleurs album des oils avec peter gifford a la basse le meilleur bassiste que midnight oil ai eu reviens peter

  12. T.... N....

    I'm a Scot's lass. I lived in Oz, 2005-2011 and although I had my ups and downs, I love Australia. I also love Midnight Oil ( been listening to their music for years). I was gutted when they split up and Garrett went into politics. I really wanted to see them in concert.

    T.... N....

    +Tricky Nicky You dont now what youre missing out on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    T.... N....

    I seen them at the playroom goldcoast in about 96 and they were absolutely terrible

  13. k.... v....

    We will NEVER learn.

  14. M.... F....

    The Oil's at their zenith. While Diesel and Dust was their most popular album, I really think this was their most focused...and apocalyptic, album.

  15. M.... O....

    I first stumbled upon their music after graduating boot camp back in 85. Saw them on MTV. Music on MTV? Yes grasshopper it once happened.

    M.... O....

    Interesting you should mention this because I also heard them after boot camp in '84! :D I remember being on guard duty listening to this and '10, 9, 8...' and thinking, 'Considering all the anti-US sentiment, am I a traitor for listening to this?!' :)

    M.... O....

    We're not anti American or anti US, just your government and corporations.

  16. G.... T....

    #AUSTRALIA   #SWD   #GREEN2STAY
    'On the wings of a six pack will we ever learn?'

    G.... T....

    Green TwoStay No. Not left to our devices, we wont.

    G.... T....

    'thats ok cos im a bourbon man now!'

  17. d.... ....

    The Oils' most underrated album.

    d.... ....

    Agreed...

  18. j.... w....

    One of the best albums, ever. I started with this and went backwards, then forwards. This album captures Midnight Oil in their prime! Take a serious listen. You will fall hard for this album and this amazing band!

    j.... w....

    james woody This album and 10....1.

    j.... w....

    james woody I saw then in Adelaide...hmm, maybe 1990. They certainly weren't quiet.

    j.... w....

    @Alexo1954 I missed the electric guitar, They lost some prime members. Midnight Oil is one of the very best Australian Bands revered in the U.S.! They were incredible!

    j.... w....

    This aľbum reminds of my mk2 escort. Midnight oil full blast!

  19. n.... ....

    I bought this album at a McCrory`s bargain bin while on a field trip with my bricklaying class in 89`. What a diamond in the rough.

    n.... ....

    sometimes a stone needs not be polished or refined

  20. f.... ....

    Thanks for posting - this is really one of Oil's best, but got very little airplay in Australia. Strong message,

  21. A.... ....

    Great song. Cheers!


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