Low Budget - The Kinks
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Cheap is small and not too steep
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But best of all cheap is cheap
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Circumstance has forced my hand
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To be a cut price person in a low budget land
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Times are hard but we'll all survive
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I just got to learn to economize
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I'm on a low budget
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I'm on a low budget
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I'm not cheap, you understand
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I'm just a cut price person in a low budget land
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Excuse my shoes they don't quite fit
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They're a special offer and they hurt me a bit
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Even my trousers are giving me pain
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They were reduced in a sale so I shouldn't complain
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They squeeze me so tight so I can't take no more
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They're size 28 but I take 34
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I'm on a low budget (What did you say)
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I'm on a low budget (I thought you said that)
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I'm on a low budget
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I'm a cut price person in a low budget land
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I'm shopping at Woolworth and low discount stores
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I'm dropping my standards so that I can buy more
(Optional Verse 1)
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Low budget sure keeps me on my toes
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I count every penny and I watch where it goes
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We're all on our uppers we're all going skint
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I used to smoke cigars but now I suck polo mints
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I'm on a low budget (What did you say)
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I'm on a low budget (I thought you said that)
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I'm on a low budget
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I'm a cut price person in a low budget land
A E D E A E D A
I'm on a low budget. Low budget. Low budget
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Art takes time, time is money
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Money's scarce and that ain't funny
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Millionaires are things of the past
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We're in low budgetville where nothing can last
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Money's rare there's none to be found
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So don't think I'm tight if I don't buy a round
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I'm on a low budget (What did you say)
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I'm on a low budget (I thought you said that)
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I'm on a low budget
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I'm a cut price person in a low budget land
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I'm on a low budget (Say it again)
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Low budget (One more time) Low budget
(End: or Optional Verse II)
Optional Verse I
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[Quality costs, but quality wastes,
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So I'm giving up all of my expensive tastes.
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Caviar and champagne are definite no's,
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I'm acquiring a taste for brown island cog rose]
Optional Verse and Chorus II
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I look like a tramp, but don't write me off,
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I'll have you all know, I was once a toff
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At least my hair is all mine, my teeth are my own,
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But everything else is on permanent loan.
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Once all my clothes were made by hand,
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Now I'm a cut price person in a low budget land.
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I'm on a low budget (I'll have you all know)
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I'm on a low budget (I thought you said that)
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We're on a low budget
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I'm on a low budget
