Interpret:

Kinks, The

Album:

Low budget

Cheap is small and not too steep 
But best of all cheap is cheap 
Circumstance has forced my hand 
To be a cut price person in a low budget land 
Times are hard but we'll all survive 
I just got to learn to economize 


I'm on a low budget 
I'm on a low budget 
I'm not cheap, you understand 
I'm just a cut price person in a low budget land 
Excuse my shoes they don't quite fit 
They're a special offer and they hurt me a bit 
Even my trousers are giving me pain 
They were reduced in a sale so I shouldn't complain 
They squeeze me so tight so I can't take no more 
They're size 28 but I take 34 


I'm on a low budget 
What did you say 
I'm on a low budget 
I thought you said that 


I'm on a low budget 
I'm a cut price person in a low budget land 


I'm shopping at Woolworth and low discount stores 
I'm dropping my standards so that I can buy more 


(Quality costs, but quality wastes, 
So I'm giving up all of my expensive tastes. 
Caviar and champagne are definite no's, 
I'm acquiring a taste for brown ale and cod roes ) 


Low budget sure keeps me on my toes 
I count every penny and I watch where it goes 
We're all on our uppers we're all going skint 
I used to smoke cigars but now I suck polo mints 


I'm on a low budget 
What did you say 
Yea I'm on a low budget 
I thought you said that 
I'm on a low budget 
I'm a cut price person in a low budget land 
I'm on a low budget 
Low budget 
Low budget 


Art takes time, time is money 
Money's scarce and that ain't funny 
Millionaires are things of the past 
We're in a low budget film where nothing can last 
Money's rare there's none to be found 
So don't think I'm tight if I don't buy a round 


I'm on a low budget 
What did you say 
Yes I'm on a low budget 
I thought you said that 
I'm on a low budget 
I'm a cut price person in a low budget land 
I'm on a low budget 
Say it again 
Low budget 
One more time 
Low budget 


(I look like a tramp, but don't write me off, 
I'll have you all know, I was once a toff 
At least my hair is all mine, my teeth are my own, 
But everything else is on permanent loan. 
Once all my clothes were made by hand, 
Now I'm a cut price person in a low budget land. 
I'm on a low budget 
I'll have you all know 
We're on a low budget 
I'm on a low budget)