Chicken Wings Lyrics - Beautiful South

Well I always knew you'd take the crutches 

and not the skis 

1 always knew you'd take the stilts 

and then your knees 

When God gave you the sky 

I knew you'd take the trees 

Son you've grown those chicken wings 

You just can't fly 

They anchored our dream yacht to ocean bed 

chained our ideal home to bicycle shed 

Clamped our racing car before we sat in driver's seat 

Tied our shooting stars and wrapped them round a tree 

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We could've courted Einstein 

could've courted Marx 

we could've gone for strolls 

like other families do in parks 

Son you were born a dud 

in a family without sparks 

Yes you've got those chicken wings 

You just can't fly 

The chequered flag 

that losers despise 

never flew in our port 

or harboured in our eyes 

Cause we always formed that queue 

for second prize 

This family's got those chicken wings 

we just can't fly 

Photos 

Our winning tickets ripped up into shreds 

The tale of this family, is its heads 

We're bouncing on a pogo stick 

without any springs 

It hurts me to admit this 

but we've got those chicken wings 

Yes you've got those chicken wings 

and all the luggage that the failure brings 

Is a swallow flying high that sings 

Look he's got those chicken wings 

He may as well die