Beds Are Burning è la prima traccia – secondo singolo estratto – di Diesel and Dust, album del 1987 della rock band australiana Midnight Oil.

E’ stata numero 1 in Nuova Zelanda e Sud Africa, No. 2 in Canada, No. 3 in Olanda, No. 5 in Francia, No. 6 nel Regno Unito, No. 11 in Irlanda e 17 nella U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Non si può certo dire che non abbia avuto successo.

E’ una delle 500 canzoni inserite nella The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Il testo di Beds Are Burning (I letti stanno bruciando)

Out where the river broke
The bloodwood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty five degrees

The time has come
To say fair’s fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share

The time has come
A fact’s a fact
It belongs to them
Let’s give it back

How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning

How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning

The time has come
To say fair’s fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share

Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The western desert lives and breathes
In forty five degrees

The time has come
To say fair’s fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share

The time has come
A fact’s a fact
It belongs to them
Let’s give it back

How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning

How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning