Midnight Oil "Spirit of the age" . There is an SOS of real distress . baby tears at the best address . Ambulance chasers won't confess . sun comes up and you're stuck . The ones and the zeros are flushing your pores . You've been flamed in the dark and you're feeling sore . The drip feed rattle lures the innocent cattle . It is the only job in town . Yeah I know . Spirit of the Age is coming home . Here it comes . A 747 is landing on your head . A hand reaches out and you find you're dead . Scared of the tarot and scared of the score . But you went in deep 'cause you needed more . But Karma is a boomerang . and here it comes again . Feels like the country is a going round the bend . Yeah I know . Spirit of the Age is coming home . There were a few blue singlets at the garage sale . No-one was cheering at the treasures they were clearing . Desperate fictions are in my book . Howl of the dashboard culture that shook . But Karma is a boomerang . it's bound some down again . Feels like the country is just a going round the bend . Yeah I know . spirit of the Age is coming home .