Khe Sanh Lyrics

Khe Sanh lyrics

I left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh
And I sold my soul with my
cigarettes to the blackmarket 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
How there
were no V-day heroes in 1973
And how we sailed into Sydney Harbour
Saw an
old friend but couldn't kiss her
She was lined, and I was home to the lucky
land

And she was like so many more from that time on
Their lives were
all so empty, until 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, paypacket
lean
And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been
And
car parks make me jumpy
And I never stopped the dreams
Or the growing need
for speed and novacaine

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
Held a job on an oil-rig
Flying choppers when I could
But the
nightlife nearly drove me round the bend

And I've travelled round the
world from year to year
Each one found me aimless, one more year the worst
for wear
And I've been back to South East Asia
You know the answer sure
ain't there
But I'm drifting north, to check things out again

Well
the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Only seven flying hours, and 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
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 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