| Expensive being poor |
| And the car is of the road |
| But I never had a car |
| But I pay more for food |
| But the supermarkets too far |
| Itґs expensive being poor |
| Because everything cost more, |
| Knocking on a closing door, |
| Itґs expensive being poor, |
| Someone throw me down some crumbs |
| I will eat them off the floor, |
| Itґs expensive being poor |
| But I look good when I get desperate. |
| And the box is on the fritz, |
| Itґs a black and white, or was, |
| I tried taking it to bits |
| Now the pictureґs just a grey fuss. |
| Itґs expensive being poor |
| Because everything cost more, |
| Someone pick me off the floor, |
| Itґs expensive being poor, |
| How can I live with what I did |
| When the cinema is 6 quid? |
| Itґs expensive being poor |
| But I look good when I get desperate. |
| Let the good times roll |
| Into a bottomless hole |
| With job friends and future |
| My ideal home furniture, |
| Let the trumpets sound |
| As my house falls down. |
| And the dust begins to clear |
| And Iґm lying on the ground, |
| And Iґm standing on a path |
| In an unknown part of town, |
| And the path leads me away |
| Over hills and out of sight, |
| In the blazing sun by day |
| And the hanging moon by night, |
| And I wind up in a place |
| Where I never have to count, |
| And I never see the waves |
| As I push my leaking boat out. |
| Itґs expensive being poor |
| Because everything hurts more, |
| Knocking on a bolted door, |
| Itґs expensive being poor. |
| Someone throw me down some crumbs |
| I will eat them off the floor, |
| Itґs expensive being poor |
| But I look good when I get desperate. |