Khe Sanh - 2011 Remastered

I left my heart to the sappers 'round Khe Sanh
 And my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the black-market man
 I 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
 How we sailed into Sydney Harbour, I saw an old friend, but I couldn't kiss her
 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, 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, pay packets lean
 And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been
 Car parks made me jumpy, and I never stopped the dreams
 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
 And I've travelled '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 and the answer sure ain't there
 But I'm drifting north to check things out again
 Yes I am
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 Well, the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
 And 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
 You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
 O-o-o-oh, it's a-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