Midnight Oil - When The Generals Talk Lyrics

Lyrics When The Generals Talk - Midnight Oil




Aaargh...
Up there, up there, up there on the platform
He is speaking to the people
The people are responding
With clapping and a cheering
But the meaning of the message
Not revealed to those assembled
They're taken for a ride
Taken in his stride
When the generals talk
You better listen to him
When the generals talk
You better do what he say
When the generals talk
You better listen to him
When the generals talk
You better do what he say
There's a rumour in the ranking
Someone talking insurrection
So the general has a purge
He wants to win elections
With a certain satisfaction
The people are appeased
Long live the revolution
The general's very pleased
When the generals talk
You better listen to him
When the generals talk
You better do what he say
When the generals talk
You better listen to him
When the generals talk
You better do what he say
Sitting on the fence both ears to the ground
The fat cats still push the thin cats around
Sitting on the fence both ears to the ground
The fat cats still push the thin cats around
Sitting on the fence both ears to the ground
The fat cats still push the thin cats around
Introducing the new general, introducing the new general, introducing the new general, Introducing the new general school of political diplomacy...
If you disagree, you get annihilated
Only trouble is, we haven't got many generals in Australia
Well, General Motors
General Credit Corporation
General Insurance
They're the worst generals of all you know!
When the generals talk
You better listen to him
When the generals talk
You better do what he say
When the generals talk
You better listen to him
When the generals talk
You better do what he say
When the generals talk
You better listen to him
When the generals talk
You better do what he say
When the generals talk
When the generals talk
When the generals talk
You better listen to him



Writer(s): Martin Rotsey, Peter Garrett, Robert Hirst, James Moginie, Peter Gifford


Midnight Oil - Best of Both Worlds: Oils On The Water (Deluxe Edition)

1 Best Of Both Worlds
2 When The Generals Talk
3 Minutes To Midnight
4 Sleep
5 Only The Strong
6 Short Memory
7 Kosciusko
8 U.S. Forces
9 Jimmy Sharman’s Boxers
10 Back on the Borderline
11 Tin Legs And Tin Mines
12 Don’t Wanna Be the One
13 Power & the Passion
14 Read About It
15 Harrisburg
16 Stand in Line
17 Only the Strong (triple j Live at the Wireless - Capitol Theatre, Sydney 1982)
18 Brave Faces (triple j Live at the Wireless - Capitol Theatre, Sydney 1982)
19 Short Memory (triple j Live at the Wireless - Capitol Theatre, Sydney 1982)
20 Knife's Edge (triple j Live at the Wireless - Capitol Theatre, Sydney 1982)
21 Power & The Passion (triple j Live at the Wireless - Capitol Theatre, Sydney 1982)
22 Armistice Day (triple j Live at the Wireless - Capitol Theatre, Sydney 1982)
23 No Time for Games (triple j Live at the Wireless - Capitol Theatre, Sydney 1982)
24 Quinella Holiday (triple j Live at the Wireless - Capitol Theatre, Sydney 1982)
25 Lucky Country (triple j Live at the Wireless - Capitol Theatre, Sydney 1982)
26 Don't Wanna Be the One (triple j Live at the Wireless - Capitol Theatre, Sydney 1982)
27 Burnie (triple j Live at the Wireless - Capitol Theatre, Sydney 1982)
28 Powderworks (triple j Live at the Wireless - Capitol Theatre, Sydney 1982)
29 End Credits (triple j Live at the Wireless - Capitol Theatre, Sydney 1982)




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