Mountains of Burma - Static Youth (Cover)

[Intro] [distorted guitar riff, heavy drum beat with crash cymbals] [Verse 1] [clean arpeggiated guitar, bass, and steady drum beat] Tucker box is empty now Heart of Kelly country cleared And the ganger's on the southern line Like the steam trains have disappeared Pelicans glide And miracles up in the sky We voted for a government With axes in its eyes Mountains of Burma [distorted guitar power chords enter] The road to Mandalay In the mountains of Burma Light years away Mountains of Burma [Chorus] [full band, driving energy] Will the sons of solidarity Still march on May Day? And will the sisters of the seventies Still fight for equal pay? There's no one in the reef above No more blankets handed out for land We're feeding an economy That's got blood on its hands Mountains of Burma The road to Mandalay Mountains of Burma Light years away In the mountains of Burma Road to Mandalay Hope you're light years away [Bridge] [drums drop out, atmospheric synth pads and clean guitar] Pack your bags full of guns and ammunition Bills for you for the industrial revolution Scorch the earth till they all surrender [Chorus] [full band re-enters] Soldiers of armies Storm empty fields In a traveler's trance On the way to the high frontier Sleepwalkers stumble Cable cars run ground Imaginary enemies From high above the clouds In the mountains of Burma The road to Mandalay In the mountains of Burma Light years away Mountains of Burma Road to Mandalay In the mountains of Burma Hope you're light years away [Outro] [distorted guitar solo, high-pitched vocal wails] (Aaaah!) (Yeah!) (Aaaah!) [feedback and sustained guitar chords]