Local Boy Chops Wood

He got weights on his shoulders

He got chains 'round his neck

'Fore he get very much older

He be a nervous wreck.

Local boy chops wood, headlines read

Local boy makes good, watch him bleed

Local boy chops wood, what went wrong

Local boy makes good, wasn't too strong.

He got plenty hangers on

To keep him happy and high

You know but deep down inside him

You can hear him cry.

Local boy chops wood, headlines read

Local boy makes good, watch him bleed

Local boy chops wood, what went wrong

Local boy makes good, wasn't too strong.

One riff of his guitar

Gonna change the whole scene

He's a rebel-romantic

With a death-wish dream.

He keep ice in his young veins

To cool the fires in his head

It'll take more than double brandies

To dry the tears he shed.

Rock star found dead

Rock star found dead

Rock star found dead, what went wrong?

Rock star found dead, wasn't too strong...