Chop Wood Lyrics

Chop Wood lyrics

Written by kevin bacon

 

 Oh he was a cold cold man

 Touched him with a cold cold hand

 Raised him with an iron glove

 Down in the city of brotherly love

 There he waited at the top

 Legs on fire i thought i'd drop

 Man it was a big big hill

 Swear to god i'm climbing still

 I will never be as tall

 As his mark upon the wall

 But i'm afraid that i've begun

 To cast a shadow on the son

 I want to break this legacy

 Change this angry history

 And plant a brand new family tree

 I guess the rest is up to me

 

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 I gotta chop wood i gotta carry water

 Hold my boy and respect my daughter

 And when i take my rest

 I'll know i did the best i could

 Chop wood carry water

 

 Oh he was a strange strange lad

 All those wicked thoughts he had

 Left to build his little world

 And he left you with a lonely girl

 Yeah you were the princely one

 You bear the burden of the first born son

 But man it was a peasant's goal

 Cigarettes and rock and roll

 Now you can try and hold it in

 But you will never be as thin

 And you can never take the floor

 Because you never went to war

 You want to break this legacy

 Change this angry history

 And plant a brand new family tree

 Here's some cheap advice from me

 Brother gotta

 Chop wood you gotta carry water

 Hold your boy and respect your daughter

 And when you take your rest

 You'll know you did the best you could

 Chop wood carry water

 

 Now you can build yourself a monument

 Yeah you can write your name in stone

 But you're checking out like you checked in naked and alone

 

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