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Track: Poets And Slaves
Artist: Midnight Oil
Album: Capricornia

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Name: Midnight Oil
Spotify Genres: surf rock
Followers: 892,264
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Rock band formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1972. The Midnight Oil lineup remained quite stable over the band's long career: Peter Garrett as lead singer (and, early on, synthesizer), Jim (James) Moginie on guitar and keyboards, Martin Rotsey on guitar, and Rob (Robert) Hirst on drums. Andrew "Bear" James, the first bass player, left in 1979, replaced by Peter Gifford, who left in 1987 to be replaced by New Zealander Bones Hillman (born Wayne Stevens), ex-[a=The Swingers], who remained with the group until its dissolution in 2002. [a=Gary Morris (2)] was the band's manager and effective sixth member (often credited with the simple title "Business" on albums) throughout. Hillman succumbed to cancer in November 2020.

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Release: Midnight Oil - Capricornia
Year: 2017
Genres: Rock
Styles: Alternative Rock

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here comes the mechanical sun working on the bones in the dry old creek bed mist on the old river bend yellow box hangs like it¹s dead the emerald silo is rusting from the inside you want to run like the wind you'll never come here again you want a world you can save so c'mon you poets and slaves circus olympia pulls into town the dwarf and the fat man head out for beer there is no lion that roars to one can stand on the horse tomorrow is a no show the fortune teller cries you want to go down in flames you're gonna crash like the waves you can't remember your name so come on you poets and slaves we got everything we need sugar and beef we got some good ideas we got the steering wheels and rolling stock too clouds came down low on the corn meat ants are gathering like storms somewhere in the quiet wild darkness a crocodile cries you gotta you gotta you gotta c'mon you poets and slaves you got to arrest the decay you're sinking down in the bay you can't remember your name c'mon you poets and slaves you've got to count what you¹ve made you're gonna pass like the days stop time and head for the stage and c'mon you poets and slaves c'mon you poets and slaves