Khe Sanh

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I left my heart to the sappers 
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round Khe Sanh
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And my soul was sold with my 
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cigarettes to the Black market 
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man
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I've had the Vietnam cold turkey,
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from the ocean to the silver city
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And it's only other vets would 
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understand


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

[Verse 2]
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And she was like so many more from
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 that time on
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Their lives were all so empty, 
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till they found their chosen one
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And their legs were often open
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But their minds were always closed
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          Am                  F   
And their hearts were held in fast
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 suburban chains

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And the legal pads were yellow, 
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hours long, paypacket lean
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And the telex writers clattered 
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where the gunships once had been
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But the car parks made me jumpy
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And I never stopped the dreams
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Or the growing need for speed and 
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novacaine

[Verse 3]
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So I worked across the country end
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 to end
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Tried to find a place to settle 
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down, where my mixed up life could 
mend
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Held a job on an oil-rig
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Flying choppers when I could
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But the nightlife nearly drove me 
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round the bend
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And I've travelled round the world
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 from year to year
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And each one found me aimless, one
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 more year the worse for wear
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And I've been back to South East 
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Asia
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But the answer sure ain't there
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But I'm drifting north, to check 
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things out again

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[Verse 4]
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You know the last plane out of 
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Sydney's almost gone
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Only seven flying hours, and I'll 
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be landing in Hong Kong
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There ain't nothing like the kisses
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From a jaded Chinese princess
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I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong 
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mattress all night long

         Em                C      
Well the last plane out of 
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Sydney's almost gone
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Yeah the last plane out of 
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Sydney's almost gone
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And it's really got me worried
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I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry
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You know the last plane out of 
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Sydney's almost gone