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
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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