Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse 1

I left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh

And i sold my soul with my cigaretts to the black market man

I've had the Vietnam cold turkey

from the ocean to the silver city

And it's only other Vets could understand

Verse 2

About the long forgotten dockside guarentees

How there were no V-day heroes in nineteen seventy three

How we sailed into Sydney Harbour

saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her

She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land

Verse 3

And she was like so many more from that time on

Their lives were all so empty, till they'd 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

Verse 4

And the legal pads were yellow, hours long, paypackets lean

And the telex writers clattered were the gunships once had been

But the car parks made me jumpy

And it never stopped the dreams

or the growing need for speed and novacaine

Verse 5

So I worked across the country end to end

Tried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed 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

Verse 6

And I've travelled round the world from year to year

And each one's found me aimless, one more year the worse for wear

And i've been back to South East Asia

but the answer sure aint there

But I'm drifting North to check things ouit again

this fills the next bit:

Verse 7

You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone

Only seven flying hours and i'll be landing in Hong Kong

There aint nothin like the kisses

From a jaded Chinese Princess

I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong matress all night long

Verse 8

Well know 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 the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone

Well know 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 the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone

This also sounds great just on piano, top song.

- Sam Mather