Born in England's pleasant green, like a picture scene To childhood spread with fond maternal From the day he was born, proud relations came to fawn And compliment his golden hair
In boyhood sent away to a school to stay It's crumbling traditions forced to bear And his friends in this new said, he looks more like a girl With those blue eyes and pretty golden
secluded youth Into manhood's search for His mother's now wet had turned to stare For he I must be bound
day for London town For I my fortune's waiting there So, like an eager knife He plunged in a new
Ohh, known beforehand anywhere And the thought that he might In his ignorance and Never beneath his pretty golden hair
Ahh, the days soon grew thin and boredom set in His job was away without a care For a man who said, you'll earn twice as much instead With those blue eyes and golden hair
Well, London town possessed of many a tempters And thus he with scarce another care As so easily he into prostitution's grip Foundationed by his pretty hair
Ahh, but the quickly flew and his mind slowly grew From freedom into deep despair As the money ceased to roll. a and lonely soul curses on his pretty golden hair
Ahh, the years stole their time, now, the hard to find And early friends vanished in the air And the gay parties's ease changed to lavatories turned to grey his pretty golden hair
Ohh, his life was only used and his body just By those who never think and never But though his file suicide, no, that wasn't why he died It was murder by his pretty golden