MIDNIGHT OIL - King of the Mountain lyrics

rate me

Walking through the high dry grass, pushing my way through slow

Yellow belly black snake, sleeping on a red rock

Waiting for the stranger to go

Sugar train stops at the crossing, cane cockies cursing below

Bad storm coming, better run to the top of the mountain

Mountain in the shadow of light, rain in the valley below

Well you can say you're Peter, say you're Paul

Don't put me up on your bedroom wall, call me the king of the mountain

Blacksmith fires up the bellows, cane cutters burning the load

Workers of the world, run to the top of the mountain

Mountain in the...

I can't take my hands from my face, there are some things we can't replace

Mountain in the...

Over liquid tarmac wastelands of cactus and heat

Down cobblestone alleyways of washing day sheets

Up ghost prairie mountains of sunset and space

Down the road at a familiar place, across the wilderness

Out further than the bush I will follow you

(Hirst/Moginie)