well your actin’ like a prima donna
playin’ so hard to get
actin’ so cool and nonchalant
draggin’ on a cigarette

you keep a wall all around ya
i’ll get through some day
i want your love babe, but push don’t shove
gonna chip that stone away

chip away
chip away at the stone
and i won’t stop until your love is my very own
chip away
that’s what i’m gonna do
sweet little mama i wanna get next to you

well you stand like a marble statue
trying to look so hard
all decked out in your antique dress
while the boys all promenade

even a rock will crumble
if you strike it night and day
if hammer i must, i’m gonna get through your crust
gonna chip that stone away

chip away
chip away at the stone
and i won’t stop until your love is my very own
chip away
that’s what i’m gonna do
sweet little mama i wanna get next to you

chip away
chip away at the stone
and i won’t stop until your love is my very own
chip away
that’s what i’m gonna do
sweet little mama i wanna get next to you
oooh…yes i do…

chip away
chip away
at the stone
chip away
chip away
at the stone

i won’t stop
i won’t stop
i won’t stop
i won’t stop
i won’t stop

i won’t stop
i won’t stop
i won’t stop
i won’t stop
i won’t stop
won’t stop

chip it, i’m gonna nip it, all night long