Chip on Your Shoulder, Ian Stanton

Music is upbeat acoustic guitar 

 

Chip On Your Shoulder 

by Ian Stanton

Going to the pictures  

to see the late, late show  

You’re told that you’re a fire risk  

so the wheelchair has to go  

You’re in your seat, you turn around,  

you wave your wheels goodbye. 

You don’t need many guesses  

who’s going to be the first to fry? 

But if you try to argue “that’s my legs you’re taking away”, 

You can guarantee there’ll always be somebody there who’ll say … 

 

You’ve got a chip on your shoulder  

Got a really bad attitude  

Is it any wonder  

People treat you the way they do 

You really should be grateful for all we do for you 

and be a quiet little crip without a chip 

 

Waiting on the platform 

To board the 905 

You’re travelling with the livestock 

Please do prove that you’re alive 

You can make friends with the pigeons there 

And keep each other warm 

There is no heating in their cage and it’s brewing up a storm 

No clamps to hold you down 

You feel your body slipping away 

But if you moan, it’s 10 to 1, the guard will come and say... 

 

You’ve got a chip on your shoulder  

Got a really bad attitude  

Is it any wonder  

People treat you the way they do. 

You really should be grateful for all we do for you 

and be a quiet little crip without a chip 

 

I’ve never done a marathon 

I’d sooner drink and smoke 

But what’s your opening question 

“You that tv wheelchair bloke?” 

and “how’d you get like that then? 

Was it some great tragedy?” 

“I was stuntman in Jaws II 

and I really earned me fee...” 

And I sit here and wonder 

what you hear and what you see 

Are you looking at the chair 

or are you listening to me?” 

 

You’ve got a chip on your shoulder  

Got a really bad attitude  

Is it any wonder  

People treat you the way they do. 

You really should be grateful for all we do for you 

and be a quiet little crip without a chip 

 

Oh yeah 

Be a quiet little crip without a chip 

That’s right 

Be a quiet little crip 

Quiet little crip 

Quiet little crip without a chip 

Woah yeah