Cold Chisel - Khe Sanh

Ah, we'd like to thank ah - before we do this song, we'd like to thank Double-J for ah Apparently there's a few, um, lyrics in this song that aren't, real good We'd like to thank Double-J for being the only station that plays it Thing called "Khe Sanh"

I left my heart to the sappers 'round Khe Sanh And my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the black-market man I've had the Vietnam cold turkey, from the ocean to the Silver City And it's only other vets could understand

About the long forgotten dockside guarantees And there were no V-day heroes in 1973 How we sailed into Sydney Harbour, I saw an old friend, but I couldn't kiss her And she was lined, and I was home to the lucky land

She was like so many more from that time on Their lives were all so empty, 'til they found their chosen one And their legs were often open, but their minds were always closed And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains

And the legal pads were yellow, hours long, pay packets lean And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been And car parks make me jumpy, and I never stop the dream Or the growing need for speed and Novocaine

So I worked across the country from end to end Tried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed-up life could mend I held a job on an oil-rig, flying choppers when I could But the nightlife nearly drove me 'round the bend

So I travel 'round the world from year to year And each one found me aimless, one more year the worse for wear And I've been back to South East Asia, but the answer sure ain't there You know I'm drifting north, to check things out again Yes I am, yeah

Well, the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone And only seven flying hours, I'll be landing in Hong Kong And there ain't nothing like the kisses from a jaded Chinese princess I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long

Well, the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone, yeah, yeah You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone And it's really got me worried, I'm goin' nowhere, and I'm in a hurry You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone, well

You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone, yeah, yeah You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone Lo, it's really got me worried, I'm goin' nowhere, and I'm in a hurry You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone