Khe Sahn Lyrics - Jimmy Barnes

I left my heart to the sappers round khe sahn 

And I sold my soul 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 can understand 

About the long forgotten dock side guarantee 

How there were no V-day heroes in 1973 

And 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 

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 surburban chains. 

and the legal pads were yellow, hours long, pay packet lean 

And the telex-writers clattered where the gun ships once had been 

And carparks made me jumpy, but I never stopped the dream for the growing need of speed and novacaine. 

So I worked across the country from end to end 

I tryed to find a place to settle down where my mixed up life could end 

I held a job on an oil rig, flying choppers when I could 

But the night life nearly drove me round the bend. 

And I travelled round the world from year to year 

Each one found me aimless one more year the worst for ware 

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 

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and welll the last plane out of sydney's almost gone 

and in only 7 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 matress all night long 

I said well the last plane out of sydney's almost gone 

You know the last plane out of sydney's almost gone 

it's really got me worried 

I'm going nowhere and I'm in a hurry 

You know the last plane out of sydney's almost gone 

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Well the last plane out of sydney's almost gone (ohhh yeaaah) 

the last plane out of sydney's almost gone (yeaaaah) 

And it's really got me worried 

I'm going nowhere and I'm in a hurry 

You know the last plane out of sydney's almost gone...