Cold Chisel - Khe Sanh - Karaoke Version from Zoom Karaoke

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This karaoke version has been produced by Zoom Karaoke and the recording rights are owned and controlled by Zoom Entertainments Limited - www.zoomkaraoke.co.uk

Song lyrics:

I LEFT MY HEART TO THE
SAPPERS 'ROUND KHE SANH
AND MY SOUL WAS SOLD
WITH MY CIGARETTES
TO THE BLACKMARKET 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 NINETEEN-SEVENTY-THREE

HOW WE SAILED
INTO SYDNEY HARBOUR
I SAW AN OLD FRIEND
BUT I COULDN'T KISS HER

WELL, SHE WAS LINED
AND I WAS HOME
TO THE LUCKY LAND

WELL, SHE WAS LIKE SO MANY
MORE FROM THAT TIME ON
THEIR LIVES WERE ALL SO EMPTY
'TIL 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 CHAIN

AND THE LEGAL
PADS WERE YELLOW
HOURS LONG, PAYPACKETS LEAN
AND THE TELEX WRITERS
CLATTERED WHERE THE GUNSHIPS
WOULD ONCE HAVE BEEN

BUT THE CAR PARKS
MAKE ME JUMPY
AND I NEVER
STOPPED THE DREAMS
OR THE GROWIN' NEED
FOR SPEED AND NOVOCAIN

SO, I WORKED ACROSS
THE COUNTRY FROM END TO END
I TRIED TO FIND A
PLACE TO SETTLE DOWN
WHERE MY MIXED UP
LIFE COULD MEND

I HELD A JOB
ON AN OIL-RIG
FLYIN' CHOPPERS WHEN I COULD
OH, 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 DRIFTIN' NORTH
TO CHECK THINGS OUT AGAIN
YES, I AM!

AND NOW THE LAST PLANE
OUT OF SYDNEY'S ALMOST GONE
AND ONLY SEVEN FLYIN' HOURS
AND I'LL BE
LANDIN' IN HONG KONG

AND THERE AIN'T NOTHIN'
LIKE THE KISSES
FROM A JADED
CHINESE PRINCESS
I'M GONNA HIT SOME HONG KONG
MATTRESS ALL NIGHT LONG

A-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
AND THOUGH 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

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