Frank Black

Chip Away Boy

Frank Black


I used to have some fun 
Me and everyone 
Now I'm just employed 

I'm a chip away boy (x2) 

I remember humid nights 
I remember how the full moon tugs 
How it used to make us fight 
And the language of the bugs 
And even our doomsday 

I'm a chip away boy 
I'm a chip away boy 
And I'll chip away 
Till I make the other side 
I'm a chip away boy 
I'm a chip away boy 

I think I'm falling in love 
And now she's falling off her stool 
It's not me she's thinking of 
But I'm her little fool 
And she's my Helen of Troy 

I'm a chip away boy (x2) 

You put on your camisole 
And I'll jump in the rabbit hole 
And head for the sluice-way 

I'm a chip away boy 
I'm a chip away boy 
And I'll chip away 
Till I make the other side