Chip Off the Old Block

By Chic

On Real People

Released on June 30, 1980

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[Chorus]

He's a chip off the old block

Just like a robot, he'll do for you

What he's programmed to

He's a chip off the old block


[Verse 1]

He's so sharp, bright and smooth

It's a pleasure just to know him

He's a graduate from the old school

Of hard knocks, the sly fox

The carbon copy of his father

If you didn't like his pa, don't bother

Some of us think these qualities are grim

To be just like the one before him, yeah yeah


[Chorus]

He's a chip off the old block

Just like a robot, he'll do for you

What he's programmed to

He's a chip off the old block


[Verse 2]

It's so hard to resist him

And the fact is that he knows it

He doesn't have to be persistent

In his whole make up he shows it

Don't trust your woman's intuition

I'm guilty by my own admission

Now that he's got me in his clutches

I'm walking around with my heart on crutches


[Chorus]

He's a chip off the old block

Just like a robot, he'll do for you

What he's programmed to

He's a chip off the old block


[Bridge]

The program to make a man

A simple plan that surely can

Make humans act synthesized

I think he's homogenized


[Bridge]

The program to make a man

A simple plan that surely can

Make humans act synthesized

I think he's homogenized


[Chorus]

He's a chip off the old block

Just like a robot he'll do for you

What he's programmed to

He's a chip off the old block


[Bridge]

The program to make a man

A simple plan that surely can

Make humans act synthesized

I think he's homogenized


[Chorus]

He's a chip off the old block

Just like a robot, he'll do for you

What he's programmed to

He's a chip off the old block, yeah yeah


[Bridge]

The program to make a man

A simple plan that surely can

Make humans act synthesized

I think he's homogenized


[Chorus]

He's a chip off the old block

Just like a robot, he'll do for you

What he's programmed to

He's a chip off the old block


[Chorus]

He's a chip off the old block

Just like a robot, he'll do for you

What he's programmed to

He's a chip off the old block