8. Time is Running Out SATB (divisi) with piano Words by Oodgeroo Noonuccal Music by Joseph Twist 2021 Commissioned by the Sydney Chamber Choir with generous support of the Maury family. This piece is song number 8 of his larger work; Australian Song Cycle. The miner rapes the heart of earth With his violent spade. Stealing, bottling her black blood For the sake of greedy trade. On his metal throne of destruction, He labours away with a will, Piling the moutainous minerals high With giant tool and iron drill. In his greedy lust for power He destroys old nature's will. For the sake of the filthy dollar, He dirties the nest he builds. Well he knows that violence Of his destructive kind Will be violently written Upon the sands of time. But time is running out And time is close at hand For the Dreamtime folk are massing To defend their timeless land. Time to make a stand. Make the violent miner Feel your violent love of land.
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