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Khe Sanh

• Khe Sanh:

  Referring to the Battle of Khe Sahn in the Vietnam War

• And my soul was sold with my cigarettes:

  Referring to a smoking addiction, which (when the song was made) was very common among adults. However, government awareness caused the number of smokers in Australia to rapidly decrease.

• To the blackmarket man:

  A man on the black market. The black market is a term for any illegal retailer selling illegal items (e.g drugs, weapons, stolen credit cards, endangered species, etc).

• Silver City:

  Silver City is a nickname for Broken Hill, a small city in outback New South Wales.

• vets:

  veterans

• V-Day:

  Veterans Day

• How we sailed into Sydney Harbour:

  Sydney Harbour is/was the main port for the army to arrive and depart from, as Sydney is Australia’s most populated city.

• lucky land:

  In local English, Australia is often referred to as the lucky country.

• And their legs were often open:

  A sexual reference.

• Where the gunships once had been:

  Gunships were once docked there in the war

• Or the growing need for speed and Novocain:

  a drug addiction

• But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend:

  Referring to his casual attendance at Australian nightlife (i.e pubs, clubs, etc).

• But I'm drifting north:

  Southeast Asia is north of Australia, so he is referring to going back to Asia.

• You know the last plane out of Sydney's ...:

  This is perhaps the most iconic line of the song.

• Only seven flying hours:

  A flight from Sydney to Hong Kong is only seven hours.

• There ain't nothing like the kisses From a ...:

  Referring to his need for sex from overseas women, in this case in Hong Kong

• hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long:

  Referring to having sex

• And it's really got me worried I'm ...:

  He is worried that his addiction to smoking, drugs and sex is getting worse.

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