I left my heart to the
sappers round Khe Sanh
And I sold my soul with my
cigarettes to the blackmarket man
I've 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 dayheroes in 1973
How we sailed into Sydney Harbour
Saw an old friend but couldn't kiss her
She was lined, and I was
home to the lucky land
And she was like so many
more from that time on
Their lives were all so empty,
till 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, paypacket lean
And the tele writers clattered
where the gunships once had been
But the car parks made me jumpy
And I never stopped the dreams
Or the growing need for
speed and novacaine
So I worked across the
country from end to end
Tried to find a place to settle down,
where my mi ed up life could mend
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
But the answer sure ain't there
But I'm drifting north,
to check things out again
Well the last plane out
of Sydney's almost gone
Another seven flying hours, and
I'll be landing in Hong Kong
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, yeah yeah!
You know the last plane out
of Sydney's almost gone
We e e ell 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
by nrdcskb Thanks for joining!
