Midnight Oil "Song a Day" #13 "Tin Legs and Tin Mines"

"Tin Legs and Tin Mines"
I'm gonna wait for the moment to come
I'm gonna wait till we all stop from running
Boxed in like candles, polar bear pride
Turning to terror as the script is read out
Unwilling actors, accomplished protractors will shout
I'm gonna wait till we reach the sky
Tin legs and tin mines, anyone cries
Cry in the hope that there'll be tomorrow
Waiting around there must be a time
Time to start thinking and working it out
Come with me now, come with me now, we'll be laughing
Who's running the world today?
I'm gonna…

Brilliant change of pace song live in a frantic gig... Jim's piano track, Garrett talk/singing and the haunting sound of this ballad calling for hope...

"Who's running your world today?"
A timeless relevant track and question...