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[Verse 1]
Putting flowers into guns
This is not the summer of love
Throwing tea into the sea
Indigenous apology
[Chorus]
Only if
We resist
It's a storm without end
Where's the lighthouse? Where's a friend?
Come to think
It can't last
Only if
We resist
[Verse 2]
Free market and labour rights
Women's vote and hunger strikes
War is over in Times square
Please don't say that nobody cares
Standing up to those who sell fear
With a polite insistence to hear
[Chorus]
Only if
We resist
It's a storm without end
Whеre's the lighthouse? Whеre's a friend?
Come to think
It can't last
Only if
We resist
Only if
We resist
It's a storm, a storm without end
Where's the lighthouse? Where's a friend?
Come to think
It can't last
Only if
We resist
We Resist was written by Jim Moginie.
We Resist was produced by Warne Livesey.
Midnight Oil released We Resist on Fri Feb 18 2022.
Jim Moginie:
The history of resistance should be taught at school. Without it, we wouldn’t have made the progress we have. The Freedom Ride and Rosa Parks turned the spotlight onto racial issues, which then changed. John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s ‘War Is Over If You Want It’ campaign, hand in hand with...