Cold Chisel - Khe Sanh [Official Lyric Video]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 เม.ย. 2012
- Khe Sanh lyrics video from Cold Chisel's 2011 Light the Nitro tour. This video was created just for the screens at the live concerts. It's a special treat for our Facebook fans, all 100k + of them.
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Lyrics:
I left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh
And my soul was sold with my cigarettes
To the blackmarket man
I've 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
Saw an old friend but couldn't kiss her
She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land
And she was like so many more from that time on
Their lives were all so empty
Till 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, pay-packets lean
And the telex writers clattered
Where the gunships once had been
But the car parks made me jumpy
And I never stopped the dreams
Or the growing need for speed and Novocain
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
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 drifting north, to check things out again
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Only seven flying hours, and 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
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Yeah 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
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My dad told me once that when he was over in Scotland he was in a pub. He was drunk, so he got up and chose this song for karaoke. He then announced that '"any Australians who know this song, stand up and sing it with me". Apparently half the pub stood up and started singing this song. Shit I love Australia!
It's so weird being a US Air Force vet and this Australian Vietnam era song hits closer to home than any of popular the US war songs.
when I was eighteen a beautiful australian girlfriend introduced me to cold chisel,her favourite joke was hey roo why do aussie guys come so quickly ?because they want to get down the pub and tell their mates,Liane Fryer if you're still alive I'm sorry missed the last plane out of sydney,biggest regret of my life.50 years old now.
The US just pulled out of Afghanistan. Feels right to pay my respects for all those who died fighting doomed foreign civil wars for another people by listening to a song that so clearly depicts the struggle of those who served at arguably the most famous of these conflicts. My prayers go to the people of Afghanistan, that they may find a way to flee the Taliban and retake their homeland. May god/Allah bless you and give you strength.
All stand, for the Australian National Anthem…
My missus is a kiwi and I am an Aussie and one time she threw me on the last plane out of Wellington NZ because I was drunk and I woke up in Sydney Airport with no money... it's a long story.
Matthew latter me too
Hello how are you
The dislikes are the Americans trying to like the video
The young Jimmy Barnes could be mistaken for a 'Hemsworth' brother
Earlier this year I was up in Darwin NT from down in Katherine. We were playing in a Masters 10's Rugby tournament and had a Mixed Club dinner at a Chinese restaurant in the City at the end of Day 1. One of the Club members a polynesian and a very fine muso at that, just happened to bring his guitar and pulls it out on arrival and launches into this song . In an instant the entire banquet room, about 35 men and women belt out Khe Sahn from start to finish . Everyone knew the lyrics, it is a bloody Aussie Anthem.
Even though this is a Vietnam war song I think anyone who has served in any military around the world can somewhat relate to this song in some way, shape or form. I dont have PTSD or severe issues but Ever since I've left the army I've felt I have lost my purpose in life drifting from place to place never feeling like I belong anywhere.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
I served at Khe Sanh in the spring of 1968, it was a hotly contested piece of real estate, many Marines, Air Force, Army and Navy personal were killed and wounded there, I love the song, it tells a story of all of us returning
I just heard an INXS song on the radio. Good times. I did a search on jimmy barnes and this came up. My time was in Afghanistan and this song still spoke to this old canadian vet. Aussie aussie aussie.
To All the past & present Vietnam veterans who were forgotten but finally recognised years later, and a moving song by Cold Chisel. 🎤🎵🇦🇺🙏
Best part of being an aussie born in the late 80's is your parents would pump solid music at bbqs nearly every weekend..
I JOINED YHE ARMY MAY 75 19 YEARS OLD. LITTLE DID I KNOW THE DRILL SARGENT WERE VEITNAM VETS. MY HAT GOES OUT TO THE BRAVE ME AMERICA SENT TO THIS STRANG COUNTRY. IT CHANGED AMERICA FOR EVER. THANKS FOR THE PROUD SOLDERES OF AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 💙 🙌
Classic Australian song dedicated to our (mostly) forgotten Vietnam vets.
those 800 people who disliked,