Species Deceases
Midnight Oil
01. Progress 02. Hercules 03. Blossom and Blood 04. Pictures 01. Progress [Intro] [Verse 1] Say yes to a real life ambition say yes to our hopes and our plans Forget about your indecision let’s get the beast off our land A tree that can grow no longer a beach that has got no sand I would pay out a king’s ransom if we could just understand [Bridge] [Verse 2] Got your last meal filled up with pesticide Hamburger chain third world infanticide Got robot car your jobs will disappear It’s the po - li - tics of a brand new year Manhattanization is coming open your eyes if you dare Carry us on to the crossroads come to your senses and care [Pre-Chorus] 16 million I can’t hear you at all [Chorus] Some say that’s progress I say that’s cruel Some say that’s progress I say that’s cruel [Solo 1] [Interlude] [Verse 3] You may be safe in your hemisphere But there’s so much junk in the stratosphere We got our eyes on the firmament hands on the armaments Heads full of arguments and words for our monuments [Pre-Chorus] I won’t deny it can we survive? [Chorus] I say that’s progress! I say that’s progress! I say that’s progress! I say! Say! Say! Some say that’s progress I say that’s cruel Some say that’s progress I say that’s cruel [Solo 2] [Outro] 02. Hercules [Intro] Bsus4 Bsus4 Bsus4 Bsus4 [Verse 1] My life is a valuable thing I want to keep it that way I won’t cry My life’s such a valuable thing Some things don’t fade away I don’t mind [Bridge] sus4 sus4 [Verse 2] We give the best we can give We won’t forget we can’t forgive Keep us radioactive free Strike a bell in Hiroshima park You know that we can’t see in the dark We try and we try and we try [Chorus] A Asus4 A Who waits for the planes to come When everybody’s got you on the run South Pacific carry on [Verse 3] It seems to me that what we’re saying Nobody really wants to talk about it This is no time to be wondering why I do the best I can do The human jungle and the global zoo I’ll find my way it’s a very special way [Chorus] A Asus4 A Why wait for the planes to come When everybody’s got us on the run South Pacific carry on A Asus4 A Here come the Hercu - les Here come the sub - ma - rines Sinking south pacific dreams [Solo 1] Bsus4 Bsus4 [Interlude] This is something I will remember This is something I will remember This is something I will remember remember remember [Chorus] A Asus4 A Why wait for the planes to come When everybody’s got us on the run South Pacific carry on A Asus4 A Here come the Hercu - les Here come the sub - ma - rines Sinking south pacific dreams [Outro] Bsus4 Bsus4 [Solo 2] Bsus4 Bsus4 Bsus4 Bsus4 Bsus4 Bsus4 Bsus4 Bsus4 Bsus4 Bsus4 Bsus4 Bsus4 Bsus4 Bsus4 Bsus4 Bsus4 Bsus4 Bsus4 Bsus4 Bsus4 03. Blossom and Blood [Intro] [Verse 1] You the mothers who sent your sons Wipe away your tears For those who fought and those who fell Become our sons as well You the warriors with your words Throw away your spears You talk of times of peace for all And then prepare for war [Pre-Chorus] All the people with dreams all mothers with sons All people with dreams never woken at night by the sound of guns Like a child that’s born on a moonless night Like a child that’s born we parachute down to an unknown fight [Chorus] This city of blossom and blood This city suffered more than it should These sidewalk silhouettes Not washed away not washed away This city of blossom and blood This city suffered more than it should These sidewalk silhouettes Not washed away not washed away [Bridge] [Verse 2] You the mothers who sent your sons Wipe away your tears For those who fought and those who fell Become our sons as well You the warriors with your words Throw away your spears You talk of times of peace for all And then prepare for war [Pre-Chorus] Whatever you’ve done Whatever you think you’ve done Whatever you’ve done there’s a hope in the heart says never again Whatever you say whatever you say whatever you say It’s the price of peace to remember that day [Chorus] This city of blossom and blood This city suffered more than it should These sidewalk silhouettes Not washed away not washed away This city of blossom and blood This city suffered more than it should These sidewalk silhouettes Not washed away not washed away [Interlude] Dsus2 Dsus2 Dsus2 [Chorus] This city of blossom and blood This city suffered more than it should These sidewalk silhouettes Not washed away not washed away This city of blossom and blood This city suffered more than it should These sidewalk silhouettes Not washed away not washed away [Solo] 04. Pictures [Verse 1] I just wanna walk through paradise I just want to see that clear clear light Don’t want to be a member of a species that’s deceasing Keep on making those promises that they ain’t keeping [Pre-Chorus] I can’t go on living like this I can’t go on [Verse 2] Oh I was a talking to the people next door Said they don’t want to die in a nuclear war Now we went walking down the old north road We got a common cause we got a heavy heavy load [Pre-Chorus] I can’t go on living like this I can’t go on [Chorus] Watching pictures of the world Watching pictures as they pass me by Don’t stop at that light Don’t go out at night Watching pictures of the world Watching pictures as they pass me by My artificial heart Expensive spare parts [Solo] [Verse 3] I’ve been a sailor on the sea I’ve been a flyer in the air I’ve seen a whole lot of bleeding hearts out there They don’t talk so much I tell you they still care Yes they do yes they do [Pre-Chorus] They can’t go on living like this I can’t go on [Chorus] Watching pictures of the world Watching pictures as they pass me by Don’t sit around in silence you don’t need a licence Watching pictures of the world Watching pictures as they pass me by It’s moving in a hurry there’s no need to worry We’re really going to change it the critical mass approaches I can almost hear it stop!!!!!!!!!! [Outro]
