The fences are coming down
The soldiers are walking round
They're beating the men
Again and again
They're trashing the whole compound
The air is full of sounds
People strewn on the ground
They're smashing the phones
They're breaking the bones
They're grinding the people down
Who came to the right place at the wrong time
Nowhere to run
Somewhere to die
In the right place at the wrong time
They're riling the people up
They're filling a bitter cup
They're spreading the fear
To all that can hear
They're making the whole thing up
They're looking us in the eyes
While telling a stack of lies
They're hiding the boats
They're buying the votes
With innocent people's lives
Who came to the right place at the wrong time
Nowhere to run
Somewhere to die
In the right place at the wrong time
They came to the right place at the wrong time
Nowhere to run
Somewhere to die
In the right place at the wrong time
Right place wrong time
Nowhere to run
Somewhere to die
In the right place at the wrong time
Right place wrong time
Right place wrong time
Oooh they came to the right place at the wrong time
Nowhere to run
Somewhere to die
The soldiers are walking round
They're beating the men
Again and again
They're trashing the whole compound
The air is full of sounds
People strewn on the ground
They're smashing the phones
They're breaking the bones
They're grinding the people down
Who came to the right place at the wrong time
Nowhere to run
Somewhere to die
In the right place at the wrong time
They're riling the people up
They're filling a bitter cup
They're spreading the fear
To all that can hear
They're making the whole thing up
They're looking us in the eyes
While telling a stack of lies
They're hiding the boats
They're buying the votes
With innocent people's lives
Who came to the right place at the wrong time
Nowhere to run
Somewhere to die
In the right place at the wrong time
They came to the right place at the wrong time
Nowhere to run
Somewhere to die
In the right place at the wrong time
Right place wrong time
Nowhere to run
Somewhere to die
In the right place at the wrong time
Right place wrong time
Right place wrong time
Oooh they came to the right place at the wrong time
Nowhere to run
Somewhere to die
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This tune is from the recently released third album, Let’s All Go to Mars, by the Australian independent rock band. Composed by band member Dean Lombard, he made the following statement concerning the jangly protest song: “I wrote this after the Manus Island Detention Centre was invaded by a violent mob after the Australian Government closed and abandoned it in October 2017. Their inhumane treatment of refugees and asylum seekers in the 21st Century was a stark contrast with the period up to the 1980s, when Australia welcomed people fleeing violence and seeking a new life. I was reminded of this contrast regularly, as I would often ride my bike past the mural of former PM Malcolm Fraser, commissioned by members of the local Vietnamese community in appreciation for Australia accepting so many refugees from the Vietnam War. We used to be the right place for people who needed a safe place to escape to, but not anymore.”
Daily Dose of Protest: Right Place, Wrong Time – The Phosphenes