Kosciusko
Midnight Oil * Track #8 On Red Sails in the Sunset
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Kosciusko by Midnight Oil
Performed by
Midnight OilWrited by
Rob Hirst & Jim MoginieAbout
This song is about Aboriginal plight in Australia, how their heritage is older and stronger than our highest peak and that should be respected, they shouldn’t be abused or driven off their land by miners (for Chinese mining companies now own a lot of the Northern Territory) or anyone else.
Kosciusko Lyrics
Verse 1
Older than Kosciuszko
Darwin down to Alice Springs
Dealers in the clearinghouse
The settlements explode
High up in the homelands
Miners drive across the land
Encounter no resistance
When the people block the road
Older than Kosciuszko
Dry white seasons years ago
Darkness over Charleville
The fires begin to grow
(Chorus)
No end to the hostility
Now they want to be somewhere else
No stranger to brutality
Now they'd like to be someone else
Verse 2
Older than Kosciuszko
Driven back to Alice Springs
Endless storm and struggle
Marks the spirit of the age
High up in the homelands
Celebration 'cross the land
Builds up like a cyclone
Now the fires begin to rage
(Chorus)
Call off the ultimatum
No don't turn away
Call off the ultimatum until yesterday
Call off the ultimatum
No don't turn away
Bind up the brokenhearted
No don't turn away
Call off the ultimatum until yesterday
(Chorus)
Kosciusko Q&A
Who wrote Kosciusko's ?
Kosciusko was written by Rob Hirst & Jim Moginie.
Who produced Kosciusko's ?
Kosciusko was produced by Nick Launay & Midnight Oil.