VIETNAM WAR - KHE SANH (Don Walker) - Jimmy Barnes & Cold Chisel - Aston's Classical Cover.

KHE SANH (Don Walker) -- Jimmy Barnes, Cold Chisel, Aston's Classical Cover Aston is a classical group in Sydney, Australia, playing classical arrangements of pop, rock, rhythm, and blues songs. Links: http://astonmusic.bandcamp.com/ http://itunes.apple.com/au/album/asto... http://www.astonmusic.com   / astonband   http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aston-C...    / astonmusic   KHE SANH (Don Walker) -- Jimmy Barnes, Cold Chisel I left my heart to the sappers 'round Khe Sanh An' my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the black market man I've had the Vietnam cold turkey From the ocean to The Silver City An' it's only other vets could understand About the long forgotten dockside guarantees How there were no V-day heroes way back in 1973 An' how we sailed into Sydney Harbour Saw an old friend but couldn't kiss her She was lined, an' I was home to the lucky land Let's go... An' she was like so many more from that time on Their lives were all so empty, until they found their chosen one An' their legs were often open But their minds were always closed An' their hearts were held in fast suburban chains An' the legal pads were yellow, hours long, pay packet lean An' the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been But the car parks made me jumpy An' I never stopped the dreams Or the growing need for speed an' novocain So, I worked across the country 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 Flying choppers when I could But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend An' I've travelled round the world from year to year An' each one found me aimless, one more year the more for wear An' I've been back to South East Asia But the answer sure ain't there An' I'm drifting north, to check things out again You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone An' only seven flying hours, an' 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 Oh, well, the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone An' it's really got me worried I'm goin' nowhere, an' I'm in a hurry You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone Here we go, come on... I said the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost An' it's really got me worried I'm going nowhere, an' I'm in a hurry You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone NOTE: The Silver City -- The Silver City Highway is a highway in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Jimmy Barnes (James Dixon Swan) © Liberation Music