Safety Chain Blues Lyrics - Midnight Oil

Hanging on like hell to the safety chain 

Lifebuoy crash lands in a vale of tears 

All the lovers are in retreat 

On the edge of the nervous street 

So deaf to the call of the wild 

Deaf to the first born's whispering plea 

Expanding frame the city is in heat 

Burning at the edges of the lonely street 

But I want to hold your precious head 

I will not leave you nor pretend 

I'm going to hold you to the end 

Hey mama didn't know we'd end up here 

The snapshot is all tiles and red walls 

Down at the squatter's camps they cannot compete 

The shepherd has been bound up by his hands and his feet