Interpret:

Kinks, The

Album:

Arthur (or the declined fall of the British empire

She's bought a hat like Princess Marina's 
To wear at all her social affairs 
She wears it when she's cleaning the windows 
She wears it when she's scrubbing the stairs 
But you will never see her at Ascot 
She can't afford the time or the fare 
But she's bought a hat like Princess Marina's 
So she don't care 


He's bought a hat like Anthony Eden's 
Because it makes him feel like a Lord 
But he can't afford a Rolls or a Bentley 
He has to buy a secondhand Ford 
He tries to feed his wife and his family 
And buy them clothes and shoes they can wear 
But he's bought a hat like Anthony Eden's 
So he don t care 


Buddy can you spare me a dime 
My wife is getting hungry 
And the kids are crying 
This poverty is hurting my pride 
Buddy can you spare me, buddy can you spare me a dime 


She's bought a hat like Princess Marina's 
And her neighbors think it suits her a treat 
But she hasn't any food in the larder 
Nor has anybody else in the street 
But to look at her you'd think she was wealthy 
'Cos she smiles just like a real millionaire 
'Cos she's bought a hat like Princess Marina's 
So she don't care, she don't care, she don't care, she don't care