Stars Of Warburton Lyrics

Lyric discussion by C_Edward_C 

Cover art for Stars Of Warburton lyrics by Midnight Oil

i wonder if they're talking about U2 Rattle and Hum when they say "and we don't want to talk about Elvis Presley". i think i read somewhere way back then that they were.... and i wonder what the significance of them saying that is.

maybe they were travelling across America like U2 was in their movie... maybe it was a tour.

@C_Edward_C Much of the song is about anti American ideals. No buffalo out on the plains of Australia- don't want any Don't want to see his white shoes walking around over here is a slam not against Elvis but against the self righteous American burn it clean is referring to nuke power (clean burn) to power all the malls in the US

@C_Edward_C

They were dancing on the plain, and didn't see any buffalo.. probably because it was US policy in the 1800's to kill all the buffalo in order to starve the indigenous people in the plains.. if indeed this is a song about traveling across the US.. then that is what makes sense. they can't see any buffalo in the 1980's if they're all still gone.. buffalo were not reintroduced until the 2000's

not wanting to deal with elvis.. my guess is that's a reference to U2 trying to americanize themselves on joshua tree, and oils saying they...