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The Best Of Cold Chisel - All For You • 1981

Khe Sanh

Cold Chisel

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Lyrics of Khe Sanh by Cold Chisel

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I left my heart to the sappers 'round Khe SanhAnd my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the black-market manI had the Vietnam cold turkey from the ocean to the Silver CityAnd it's only other vets could understand

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

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She was like so many more from that time onTheir lives were all so empty until they found their chosen oneAnd their legs were often open, but their minds were always closedAnd their hearts were held in fast suburban chains

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And the legal pads were yellow, hours long, pay packets leanAnd the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had beenCar parks made me jumpy, and I never stopped the dreamsOr the growing need for speed and Novocaine

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

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And I've travelled 'round the world from year to yearAnd each one found me aimless, one more year the worse for wearAnd I've been back to south-east Asia and the answer sure ain't thereBut I'm drifting north to check things out againYes, I am

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

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Well, the last plane out of Sydney's almost goneYou know the last plane out of Sydney's almost goneAnd it's really got me worried, I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurryYou know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone

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Well, the last plane out of Sydney's almost goneYou know the last plane out of Sydney's almost goneOh, it's really got me worried, I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurryYou know the last plane out of Sydney's almost goneWriter(s): Donald Walker Add to favoritesShare

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