I left my heart to the sappers 'round Khe Sanh And my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the black-market 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 1973 How we sailed into Sydney Harbour, I saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land She was like so many more from that time on Their lives were all so empty until 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, paypackets lean And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been Car parks made me jumpy and I never stopped the dreams Or the growing need for speed and Novocaine So, I worked across the country from end to end 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 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 and the answer sure ain't there But I'm drifting north to check things out again Yes I am Well, the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone And only seven flying hours and I'll be landing in Hong Kong And 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 You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone Oh, 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
This is the vocal take by Barnes that I remember when the Ban was finally lifted in Sydney in the early '80s and 2MMM started to play it. Too much vocal fry for my taste on all his other recordings out there on the 'Net.
This is NOT the original studio version, you can tell when it gets to the line drifting north to check things out again, originally Jimmy screamed the line but not in this version
Chisel... Best Aussie Band EVER...... must have seen them live 20 times... never a dud show... Named my Roman nose Bull Terrier Khe Sanh back in 78 .. listen to this lazy blues guitar solo build and build... ... So Full of Notes..
❤For you Mandy,dommage que tu n'ai pas pu le voir en live,une prochaine fois❤Jimmy est une vraie légende Australienne, votre Johnny Hallyday National,la puissance vocale de ce type est phénoménale, merci de me l'avoir fait decouvrir❤,Et dire qu'il aurait pu être chanteur chez VAN HALEN,ça n'a pas marché, dommage,son registre vocal aurait pu leur ouvrir un tas de possibilités, mais Sammy Hagar était un bon choix.Les filles de Jimmy sont très douées aussi❤
Seeing Cold Chisel & Hello Sailor 50th Anniversary Tour in Hamilton NZ on Wed 24th April 2024 I just discovered this what a masterpiece back when Jimmy was 16 in 1974
