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Title: Khe Sanh - Cold Chisel
Added: Apr 23, 2008
Author: scottclarris
Duration: 4:7
Description:
I left my heart to the sappers round Khe SanhAnd my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the blackmarket manI've had the Vietnam cold turkeyFrom the ocean to the Silver CityAnd it's only other vets could understandAbout the long forgotten dockside guaranteesHow there were no V-dayheroes in 1973How we sailed into Sydney HarbourSaw an old friend but couldn't kiss herShe was lined, and I was home to the lucky landAnd she was like so many more from that time onTheir lives were all so empty, till they found their chosen oneAnd their legs were often openBut their minds were always closedAnd their hearts were held in fast suburban chainsAnd the legal pads were yellow, hours long, paypacket leanAnd the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had beenBut the car parks made me jumpyAnd I never stopped the dreamsOr the growing need for speed and novacaineSo I worked across the country end to endTried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed up life could mendHeld a job on an oil-rigFlying choppers when I couldBut the nightlife nearly drove me round the bendAnd I've travelled round the world from year to yearAnd each one found me aimless, one more year the more for wearAnd I've been back to South East AsiaBut the answer sure ain't thereBut I'm drifting north, to check things out againYou know the last plane out of Sydney's almost goneOnly seven flying hours, and I'll be landing in Hong KongThere ain't nothing like the kissesFrom a jaded Chinese princessI'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night longWell the last plane out of Sydney's almost goneYeah the last plane out of Sydney's almost goneAnd it's really got me worriedI'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurryAnd the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
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Youtube Comments: 216
Kokoda144 Says:
Jan 30, 2012 - some of the country RSL's, supported Vietnam vets on their return. unfortunately they where too few. Korean vets also get over looked.
xXsongsfromGodXx Says:
Jan 31, 2012 - Why is there so much hate?? This is not about you. Its about how awesome chisel are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
liabilitymate Says:
Feb 2, 2012 - why is this not the top comment + how damn true...
ditroia Says:
Feb 4, 2012 - Some of them got Spit on when they came back :(
chrisbest1000 Says:
Feb 5, 2012 - Aussie pride here.
thejoker8699 Says:
Feb 7, 2012 - vietnam vets = HEROES..god bless them
YankeeRhoad Says:
Feb 7, 2012 - Nice song/vid....God Bless my Aussie friends !!!
MsSmash1989 Says:
Feb 9, 2012 - @ditroia its cuz people were pissed at the government because we had conscription to be part of a war that didn't affect our shores directly. It was a war that didn't need to happen but you can blame the guys who were involved only the government. Those men did what they had to do and they should be honoured for that
aerowayne4 Says:
Feb 12, 2012 - They were my heros know and when I was a kid, I am 53 years old know.
emroac Says:
Feb 16, 2012 - Song sung by an New Zealander about his American friend and named after a mainly American battle and yet still so Australian. Doesn't matter who you were serving, every line is spot on.
michaelmetcalf01 Says:
Feb 18, 2012 - glad they left the hair doo's behind, the music is brilliant, wow Cold Chisel is legendry! not like the crap they play on the radio these days
pornpimobrien Says:
Feb 19, 2012 - The good old days
Cursed8Blessed Says:
Feb 29, 2012 - suffer little children send a little child to me from the bible that is
aerowayne4 Says:
Mar 1, 2012 - NED how you doning, ha ha ha.
gonzospearl Says:
Mar 4, 2012 - Great Aussie Band and classic song!
AAgetTanked Says:
Mar 5, 2012 - why did the australian anthem come up when i typed in khe sanh :S ?
johnnyrockerfella Says:
Mar 8, 2012 - all i can say is, i dont care how many times ive heard this song, i dont care what anyone else thinks or says about it.... i fucking love it, and if cold chisel could here me now.. i just wanna say ... hell yeah ..thats the shit, it just dont get much better
ninteen80seven Says:
Mar 10, 2012 - wtf? first of all Jimmy Barnes is scottish/australian second of all the song is written from the perspective of an aussie soldier coming home from Vietnam hence "the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone".
jarbojumpers Says:
Mar 13, 2012 - I am not australian, but I liked their lyrics as well...and it is handmade. U know, t h e y k n o w to play an instrument....rarely seen these days
aerowayne4 Says:
Mar 14, 2012 - I was lucky to have travel Australian a 3 of times, once for 5 months.I got to know Australia pretty well and I got to listen to LOT of great music for Australia.Its a dam shame most Americans never heard of these great groups, they don't know what there missing.
jarbojumpers Says:
Mar 22, 2012 - yep US Americans don't care, because there is one golden rule for them, that is "America first" and second, if you are not with them, you are against them, but I am sure, these days the american century is about to end.
aerowayne4 Says:
Mar 23, 2012 - Could be worse, you could be from a shit hole like BRAZIL.
jarbojumpers Says:
Mar 25, 2012 - free of debts.........
philip9917 Says:
Mar 29, 2012 - the australians ran a lottery to see who would goto vinetnam nothing to be proud of
TheLizqld Says:
Jan 26, 2012 - i still love this country , does it matter what state u are from or what race you are :) life is too fucking short lol come on ppl does it really matter