The Rifles – Local Boy lyrics

Jimmy was a local boy but he's seen much more than the change in the weather
Sitting in a uniform of the three-piece suit and the ribbons from his past
Looking for a little boy at the bar with the mouth who thinks he's clever now
Dreaming of a day that he got home from a war to his childhood sweetheart

Now he don't need anyone, there's no one there for him
Just a feeling of an empty place deteriorating

His always been a local boy, but his seen much more than I'm bound to ever
A member of a dying breed that sat and wait as it all just falls apart
Dreaming of a day that's oh so long ago, that he can't remember right
There was a time a man could still be a man and be proud to use his heart

Now he don't need anyone, there's no one there for him
There was really only one, now he misses how she sounds
He frowns lines them up and he puts them down
It's sad this town seems to fail appreciate the man

Now he don't need anyone, there's no one there for him
No he don't feel anymore, cause Jimmy's so thick skinned
And a long long time ago, when he could break her heart
There was really only one, now he misses how she sounds
He frowns, line 'em up and he puts them down
It's sad this town seems to fail appreciate
What he's about, line 'em up and he puts them down
It's sad this town seems to fail to appreciate the man

Jimmy was a local boy but he's seen much more than the change in the weather
Sitting in a uniform of the three-piece suit and ribbons from his past
Looking for a little boy at the bar with the mouth who thinks his clever now
Dreaming of a day that he got home from a war to his childhood sweetheart