I'm gonna chop down the family tree.
Rake them into piles and burn all the leaves.
Cause it's a forest of cowards and a forest of thieves.
Show no mercy.

I'm gonna chop down the family tree.
Mill them into boards and build an effigy.
I'm gonna set it on fire.
It's gonna set dad free.
Show no mercy.

When evil thoughts have got you caught I have no sympathy.
Trying to shake a couple of cents out of a man who used to be.
Thinking you're gonna sink a little sense back into me.
Swingin' an axe will never split my family.
With all that digging through the dirt do you hope to see.
That all your troubling words are gonna somehow get to me.
A moneymaker I am not nor will I ever be.
So there is nothing you can take from me.

I'm gonna chop down the family tree.
Throw my axe into its side and leave it be.
And when they fall to the ground I will be the last thing they see.
Show no mercy.