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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Midnight Oil
Performer
Jim Moginie
Keyboards
Kazufumi Ohhama
Strings
Martin Rotsey
Guitar
Peter Gifford
Bass
Rob Hirst
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
HIRST
Composer
Jim Moginie
Composer
John Garrett
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Nick Launay
Producer
Jim Moginie
Producer
Martin Rotsey
Producer
Peter Gifford
Producer
Peter Garrett
Producer
Shigeo Miyamoto
Assistant Engineer
Yoshiyuki Kaneko
Assistant Engineer
Rob Hirst
Producer
Lyrics
Aaargh...
Up there, up there, up there on the platform
He is speaking to the people
The people are responding
With clapping and a cheering
But the meaning of the message
Not revealed to those assembled
They're taken for a ride
Taken in his stride
When the generals talk
You better listen to him
When the generals talk
You better do what he say
When the generals talk
You better listen to him
When the generals talk
You better do what he say
There's a rumour in the ranking
Someone talking insurrection
So the general has a purge
He wants to win elections
With a certain satisfaction
The people are appeased
Long live the revolution
The general's very pleased
When the generals talk
You better listen to him
When the generals talk
You better do what he say
When the generals talk
You better listen to him
When the generals talk
You better do what he say
Sitting on the fence both ears to the ground
The fat cats still push the thin cats around
Sitting on the fence both ears to the ground
The fat cats still push the thin cats around
Sitting on the fence both ears to the ground
The fat cats still push the thin cats around
Introducing the new general, introducing the new general, introducing the new general, Introducing the new general school of political diplomacy...
If you disagree, you get annihilated
Only trouble is, we haven't got many generals in Australia
Well, General Motors
General Credit Corporation
General Insurance
They're the worst generals of all you know!
When the generals talk
You better listen to him
When the generals talk
You better do what he say
When the generals talk
You better listen to him
When the generals talk
You better do what he say
When the generals talk
You better listen to him
When the generals talk
You better do what he say
When the generals talk
When the generals talk
When the generals talk
You better listen to him
Writer(s): Martin Rotsey, Peter Garrett, Robert Hirst, James Moginie, Peter Gifford
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