Choppin' Wood Lyrics - Down The Road - Van Morrison

You wired the trains and went back home to St. Claire's shores 

Before you became a spark down at the yard 

You were passing through those hungry years alone 

You were just trying to make a living out in Detroit 

When you came back off the boats, you didn't want to go anywhere 

You sit down to TV in your favorite chair 

You watch the big picture fade away down at Harland and Wolff 

But you still kept on choppin' wood 

And you came back home to Belfast 

So you could be with us like 

You lived your life of quiet desperation on the side 

Going to the shipyard in the morning on your bike 

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Well, the spark was gone but you carried on 

You always did the best you could 

You sent for us once but everything fell through 

But you still kept on choppin' wood, choppin' wood 

Well, you came back home to Belfast 

So you could be with us like 

And you lived a life of quiet desperation on the side 

Going to the shipyard in the morning on your bike 

Well, the spark was gone but you carried on 

Well, you did just the best that you could 

You sent for us one time but everything fell through 

But you still kept on choppin' wood 

Kept on choppin' wood 

Kept on choppin' wood 

Local man chops wood 

You know you did the best you could 

Well, everything just fell through 

Kept on choppin' wood 

Chop, chop, chop, chop, chop 

Chop, chop, chop, chop, chop 

Chop, chop, chop, keep on choppin' 

Chop, chop, chop, choppin' wood