MOUNTAINS OF BURMA

The tucker box is empty now, The heart of Kelly's country cleared
The gangers on the southern line, Like the steam trains have disappeared
Pelicans glide, Miracles up in the skies
We vote for a government, With axes in its eyes

Mountains of Burma, The road to Mandalay
In the mountains of Burma, Light years away
Mountains of Burma
Will the sons of Solidarity, Still march on May Day
Will the sisters of the seventies, Still fight for equal pay
There's no-one on the Reeperbahn
No more blankets handed out for land
We feed an economy, It's got blood on its hands
Mountains of Burma
The road to Mandalay
Mountains of Burma
Light years away
In the mountains of Burma
The road to Mandalay
In the mountains of Burma
Hope you're light years away
Pack your bags full of guns and ammunition
Bills fall due for the industrial revolution
Scorch the earth till the earth surrenders
Soldiers of armies, Storm empty fields
In a traveller's trance
On the way to the high frontier
Sleepwalkers stumble, Cable cars run aground
Imaginary enemies, Form high above the clouds
In the Mountains of Burma...

Rob Hirst (Blue Sky Mining) 1990