Chips Ahoy!

The Hold Steady · Boys And Girls In America [2006]

she put 900 dollars

on the fifth horse

in the sixth race

i think his name was chips ahoy.



came in six lengths ahead

we spent the whole next week getting high

at first i thought that she hit

on some tip that she got from some other boy.



we were overjoyed.

i got a girl and she don't have to work

she can tell which horse is gonna finish in first

some nights the painkillers make

the pain even worse



came in six lengths ahead

we spent the whole next week getting high

i love this girl but

i cant tell when she's having a good time.



How am I supposed to know that you're high

if you wont let me touch you?

How am i supposed to know that you're high

if you wont even dance?



shes hard on the heart

shes soft to the touch

she gets migrane headaches

when she does it too much.



she always does it too much.

How am I supposed to know that you're high

if you wont let me touch you?

How am I supposed to know that you're high

if you won't even dance?

and you won't even dance.