Oh Thunderhead, you're a man with a problem Ahh - old habits too hard to break And soon you'll be dead from that poison that you're on Oh - the venom that's worse than the snakes And I say, hey, hey, hey Oh no, hey-hey-hey Oh no, hey-hey-hey - white thunder Needles and pins a dead man you're in So deep you'll never climb out Hey-hey-hey Oh no, hey-hey-hey Oh no, hey-hey-hey - white thunder A gun to your head, the trigger you're dead It's quicker and there ain't no doubt Oh thunderhead, tie it off you're in heaven Oh you'll drown in the Heroin flood And die in your bed and sweat and detox You're leaving this world Oh your epitaph's written in blood And I said Hey-hey-hey