Tonart: D major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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were bagged and the telegrams sent
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And the very last chopper
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And you looked out the window of the
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707 on the airfield in Saigonâ?¦
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Some of us thought that the war was over,
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some of us couldn't care less;
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But you came home and threw a stay-be
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hind party party to try to clear up the mess.
Verse 2
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And I don't know where you are tonight,
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I'm down here in a fire-fight
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â?¦
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But wherever you are,
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I hope you're safe behind the wire.
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Verse 3
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We were fighting for freedom in South East Asia
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- that's how the story ranâ?¦
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Windy speeches about a domino
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falling from China into Vietnam.
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But look back in sickness and anger,
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Australia didn't honour her debt;
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An d non-commissioned Officer Thompson
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learned that the war wasn't over yet.
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Verse 4
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Sleeping in airports far
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Dusted off now and safe behind the wire.
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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Well, he gave and he gave and he kept on giving,
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till he just couldn't give anymore;
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And he gave it away one morning in
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Sydney in a rust-red Commodoreâ?¦
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And I remember Phill best
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talking on the phone,
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With a cheeky grin on his face
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'Cause Royal Commissioners and
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Thought that Phill didn't
Interlude 2
know his place.
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Verse 6
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And they're still bagging bodies,
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Phill, though fourteen years have gone;
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An d the mums and the dads and the wives and the kids still have
Outro 1
to soldier on.
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