Midnight Oil - Read About It lyrics

The rich get richer, the poor get the picture

The bombs never hit you when you're down so low

Some got pollution, some revolution

There must be some solution but I just don't know

The bosses want decisions, the workers need ambitions

There won't be no collisions when they move so slow

Nothing ever happens, nothing really matters

No one ever tells me so what am I to know

You wouldn't read about it, read about it

Just another incredible scene, there's no doubt about it

Hammer and the sickle, the news is at a trickle

The commissars are fickle but the stockpile grows

Bombers keep acoming, engines softly humming

The stars and stripes are running for their own big show

Another little flare up, storm brewed in a tea cup

Imagine any mix up and the lot would go

Nothing ever happens...

You wouldn't read about it, read about it

One unjust ridiculous steal, ain't no doubt about it

You wouldn't read about it, read about it

Just another particular deal, there's no doubt about it

(Hirst/Moginie/Garrett)