Released on September 1982

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[Yidaki/Didgeridoo Intro]


[Verse 1]

Out here nothin' changes, not in a hurry anyway

You can feel the endlessness, with the comin' of the light o' day


[Bridge 1]

We're talkin' 'bout a chosen place

You wanna sell it in a marketplace?


[Pre-Chorus 1]

Well

Well just a minute now


[Chorus 1]

You're standin' on solid rock

You're standin' on sacred ground

You're livin' on borrowed time

And the winds of change

Are blowin' down the line


[Post-Chorus]

Right down the line


[Verse 2]

Well, round about the dawn of time

The dreamin' all began

The crowd of people came

Well, they were lookin' for their promised land


[Bridge 2]

We're runnin' from the heart o' darkness

And searchin' for the heart o' light


[Pre-Chorus 2]

But it was their paradise


[Chorus 2]

Well, they were standin' on solid rock

They're standin' on sacred ground

They're livin' on borrowed time

And the winds of change

Were blowing cold that night, oh


[Solos]

No!


[Guitar solo]


[Verse 3]

Well, they were standin' on the shore one day

They saw the white sails in the sun

It wasn't long before they felt the sting

White man, white law, white gun


[Bridge 3]

Don't tell me that it's justified

'Cause somewhere, well, someone lied


[Pre-Chorus 3]

Yeah well, someone lied

Someone lied

A genocide

Well, someone lied, oh, now


[Chorus 1]

And now you're standin' on solid rock

You're standin' on sacred ground

You're livin' on borrowed time

And the winds of change

Are blowin' down the line


[Chorus 1]

The solid rock

You're standin' on sacred ground

You're livin' on borrowed time

And the winds of change

Are blowin' down the line


[Chorus 1]

The solid rock

You're standin' on sacred ground

You're livin' on borrowed time

And the winds of change

Are blowin' down the line


[Outro]

No, oh, oh no!

No, oh!