Khe Sanh

That's a tutu I left my heart to the sappers 'round Khe Sanh And I sold my soul 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 way back in 1973 And 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 The telex writers clattered where the conflict once had been And car parks made me jump, and I never stopped the dream Or the growing need for speed and Novocaine I worked across the country 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, yeah And I travelled 'round this 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, you know the answer sure ain't there And I'm drifting north to check things out again Check it out one time, come on, yeah (Here we go, yeah) Well, the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone And only seven flying hours, I'll be landing in Hong Kong And there ain't nothing like the kisses from a jaded Chinese princess I wanna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long, hey I said the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone, yes it is 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, come on, yeah I said the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone, oh yeah You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone 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, oh yeah