Midnight Oil "Song a Day" #10 "Power and the Passion"

So this from the last time I saw the Oils live, in Canberra... there are so many great versions of this including the original clip by the band. It's because it's a song you remember every time you hear it... so Sydney, so Oils, so much energy and always part of a ramp it up section of their setlist... the long version on the "On Country" CD single is outstanding also and it's great to see Rob First still playing the water tank Charlie McMahon found on the roadside in Northern Australia and brought back in 1987!! Can't wait to hear about underarms and football clubs once more!!

"Power and the Passion"
People, wasting away in paradise
Going backward, once in a while
Moving ahead, falling behind
What do you believe, what do you believe
What do you believe is true
Nothing they say makes a difference this way
Nothing they say will do
Take all the trouble that you can afford
At least you won't have time to be bored
Oh the power and the passion, oh the temper of the time
Oh the power and the passion
Sometimes you've got to take the hardest line
Sun burnt faces around, with skin so brown
Smiling zinc cream and crowds, Sundays the beach never a cloud
Breathing eucalypti, pushing panel vans
Stuff and munch junk food
Laughing at the truth, 'cause Gough was tough till he hit the rough
Uncle Sam and John were quite enough
Too much of sunshine too much of sky
It's enough to make you want to cry
Oh the power
I see buildings, clothing the sky, in paradise
Sydney, nights are warm
Daytime telly, blue rinse dawn
Dad's so bad he lives in the pub, it's a underarms and football clubs
Flat chat, Pine Gap, in every home a Big Mac
And no one goes outback, that's that
You take what you get and get what you please
It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees
Oh the power...