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[00:03.92]Ah, we'd like to thank ah - before we do this song, we'd like to thank Double-J for ah
[00:09.44]Apparently there's a few, um, lyrics in this song that aren't, real good
[00:13.24]We'd like to thank Double-J for being the only station that plays it
[00:16.21]Thing called "Khe Sanh"
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[00:25.45]I left my heart to the sappers 'round Khe Sanh
[00:30.78]And my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the black-market man
[00:36.13]I've had the Vietnam cold turkey, from the ocean to the Silver City
[00:41.66]And it's only other vets could understand
[00:47.25]About the long forgotten dockside guarantees
[00:52.69]And there were no V-day heroes in 1973
[00:57.92]How we sailed into Sydney Harbour, I saw an old friend, but I couldn't kiss her
[01:03.56]And she was lined, and I was home to the lucky land
[01:09.37]She was like so many more from that time on
[01:14.85]Their lives were all so empty, 'til they found their chosen one
[01:19.97]And their legs were often open, but their minds were always closed
[01:25.40]And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains
[01:30.67]And the legal pads were yellow, hours long, pay packets lean
[01:36.23]And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been
[01:41.60]And car parks make me jumpy, and I never stop the dream
[01:46.97]Or the growing need for speed and Novocaine
[01:52.15]So I worked across the country from end to end
[01:57.12]Tried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed-up life could mend
[02:02.40]I held a job on an oil-rig, flying choppers when I could
[02:08.35]But the nightlife nearly drove me 'round the bend
[02:13.41]So I travel 'round the world from year to year
[02:19.17]And each one found me aimless, one more year the worse for wear
[02:23.82]And I've been back to South East Asia, but the answer sure ain't there
[02:29.56]You know I'm drifting north, to check things out again
[02:33.38]Yes I am, yeah
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[02:56.49]Well, the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
[03:01.77]And only seven flying hours, I'll be landing in Hong Kong
[03:07.10]And there ain't nothing like the kisses from a jaded Chinese princess
[03:12.53]I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long
[03:18.01]Well, the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone, yeah, yeah
[03:23.21]You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
[03:28.68]And it's really got me worried, I'm goin' nowhere, and I'm in a hurry
[03:33.90]You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone, well
[03:39.35]You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone, yeah, yeah
[03:44.45]You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
[03:48.95]Lo, it's really got me worried, I'm goin' nowhere, and I'm in a hurry
[03:55.15]You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
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