Lyrics to
Koala Sprint

This version of Koala Sprint was released by Midnight Oil in 1979.

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And out from the echoes of the night
Concrete caverns catch the sky and hold the stars to ransom
A thousand dreams it’s getting late
Thousand runners standing still
I can smell the sand and sea again
I’ve had enough away
City times down down
I’ve got to go
Lord don’t let me wait
Stay low
‘Cause I’m going up north again

It’s a long way from Chatswood to the top of the gulf
I’ll be hitching pacific when the morning sun’s up
It’s mile after mile on the long coast road
Smell of frangipani ocean sky blue

But I’m sick of seeing those beer can caravans
I’m getting even sicker of the thong drive-in
I’m feeling worse and worse at the chiko locallo
And the pubs all close at ten

Summer sun’s got me stopping
Summer sun’s got me trying
I’m waiting round for those waves and days
I hope it never ends

Well there’s a new world bricking in the Old World charm
Suburbs highway pass cicada-coloured farms
Buy a car, sell a car, lead a car away
20 hours to Brisbane on night prowl play
20 hours to Brisbane…where’s Brisbane…

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Midnight Oil has released many songs over the years besides Koala Sprint. Midnight Oil released songs from 1978 to 2002 spanning across albums like Midnight Oil, Head Injuries, Bird Noises, Place Without A Postcard, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Red Sails In The Sunset, Species Deceases, Diesel And Dust, Blue Sky Mining, Earth And Sun And Moon, Breathe, Redneck Wonderland, and Capricornia. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Midnight Oil.

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About Lyrics and Koala Sprint by Midnight Oil

The lyrics for Koala Sprint are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by Midnight Oil. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Koala Sprint have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Koala Sprint - Midnight Oil and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Koala Sprint by Midnight Oil in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Koala Sprint" means the words set to the music of Koala Sprint, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Midnight Oil. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Koala Sprint and the lyrics to Koala Sprint are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Midnight Oil who came here looking just for the lyrics to Koala Sprint, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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