Khe Sanh-Cold Chisel

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:时间戳工具] [offset:0] [00:06.81]Cold Chisel [00:07.57]Cold Chisel Re-Mix East [00:08.51]Khe Sanh [00:08.79]Words and Music by Don Walker [00:10.82]I left my heart to the sappers 'round Khe Sanh [00:12.54]And my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the black market man [00:17.13] [00:17.83]I've had the Vietnam cold turkey from the ocean to the Silver City [00:23.31]And it's only other vets could understand [00:27.54] [00:29.43]'Bout the long forgotten dockside guarantees [00:33.31] [00:35.04]How there were no V-Day heroes in nineteen seventy-three [00:40.10] [00:40.67]How we sailed into Sydney Harbour [00:43.89]Saw an old friend but couldn't kiss her [00:46.20] [00:46.75]She was lined [00:47.62]And I was home to the lucky land [00:50.36] [00:52.58]She was like so many more from that time on [00:56.68] [00:58.79]Their lives were all so empty [01:01.32]Till they'd found their chosen one [01:03.64] [01:04.20]And their legs were often open [01:06.55] [01:07.28]But their minds always closed [01:09.47] [01:10.02]And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains [01:13.84] [01:15.62]And the legal pad were yellow [01:18.57]Hours long paypackets lean [01:19.96]And the telex writers clattered [01:24.33]Where the gunships once had been [01:26.77] [01:27.96]But the carparks made me jumpy [01:29.87] [01:30.94]And I never stopped the dreams [01:32.79] [01:33.50]Or the growing need for speed or novacine [01:36.83] [01:39.13]So I worked across the country from end to end [01:42.94] [01:44.72]Tried to find a place to settle down [01:48.46]Where my mixed-up life could mend [01:50.04] [01:50.65]Held a job on an oil-rig [01:53.36] [01:53.94]Flying choppers when I could [01:55.86] [01:57.23]But the night-life nearly drove me 'round the bend [02:00.68] [02:02.62]And I've travelled 'round the world from year to year [02:06.38] [02:08.81]And each one found me aimless [02:11.20]One more year the worse for wear [02:13.49] [02:14.02]And I've been back to South East Asia [02:16.72] [02:17.40]But you know the answer sure ain't there [02:23.40] [02:25.31]But I'm drifting North [02:31.43] [02:36.69]To check things out again [02:40.98] [02:43.69]Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone [02:53.76] [02:55.81]And only seven flying hours [02:58.79]And I'll landing in Hong Kong [03:01.72]And there ain't nothin' like kisses from a jaded Chinese Princess [03:06.86] [03:07.59]I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long [03:11.91] [03:13.48]Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone [03:17.75] [03:19.34]You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone [03:23.76] [03:25.33]And it's got me worried [03:27.59] [03:28.30]I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry [03:30.66] [03:31.19]You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone [03:35.16] [03:37.24]Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone [03:41.15] [03:42.61]Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone [03:47.41]It's really got me worried [03:49.83]I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry [03:53.57]You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone