I left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh 我离开了我的心脏，以圆溪山的工兵

And my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the blackmarket man 而我的灵魂和我的香烟的黑市出售的男人

I've had the Vietnam cold turkey 我已经在越南冷火鸡

From the ocean to the Silver City 从海洋到银城

And it's only other vets could understand 而且它是唯一的其他兽医听得懂

   

About the long forgotten dockside guarantees 关于长期被遗忘的码头担保

How there were no V-dayheroes in 1973 怎么没有V型dayheroes于1973年

How we sailed into Sydney Harbour 我们如何驶入悉尼港

Saw an old friend but couldn't kiss her 看到老朋友，但不能吻她

She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land 她成荫，而我是家里的幸运地

   

And she was like so many more from that time on 和她一样，从那个时候起那么多的

Their lives were all so empty, till they found their chosen one 他们的生活都是如此空虚，直到他们发现他们所选择的1

And their legs were often open 而他们的腿是常开

But their minds were always closed 但他们的心地永远关闭

And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains 他们的心是在快速的连锁郊区举行

And the legal pads were yellow, hours long, paypacket lean 法制片呈黄色，时间长， paypacket瘦

And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been 和电传作家痛处所在的武装直升机一次过

But the car parks made me jumpy 但停车场让我心惊肉跳

And I never stopped the dreams 我从来没有停止过梦想

Or the growing need for speed and novacaine 或者对速度和novacaine日益增长的需求

   

So I worked across the country end to end 所以，我的工作在全国各地的端到端

Tried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed up life could mend 想找个地方安顿下来，在这里我混了生活会补

Held a job on an oil-rig 举行一个石油钻井平台作业

Flying choppers when I could 飞菜刀的时候才能

But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend 但夜生活几乎把我拐弯

   

And I've travelled round the world from year to year 我已经周游了世界每年

And each one found me aimless, one more year the worse for wear 而且每一个找到我漫无目的的，一年多的磨损情况恶化

And I've been back to South East Asia 我已经回过东南亚

But the answer sure ain't there 但答案肯定是不存在的

But I'm drifting north, to check things out again 但我北漂，再次检查的事情了

   

You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone 你知道最后的飞机离开悉尼的几乎没有了

Only seven flying hours, and I'll be landing in Hong Kong 只有七个小时的飞行，我将登陆香港

There ain't nothing like the kisses 有没有什么样的吻

From a jaded Chinese princess 从疲惫的中国公主

I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long 我会整夜打一些香港的床垫

   

Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone 好了，最后飞机离开悉尼几乎没有了

Yeah the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone 是啊，最后面了悉尼的几乎没有了

And it's really got me worried 这真的让我担心

I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry 我要去哪儿冒出来，我很着急

And the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone 最后飞机离开悉尼几乎没有了