Low Budget (Live at Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI, September 1979)-The Kinks

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 tough At least my hair is all mine, my teeth are my own, But everything else is on permanent loan. 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]