The Clash - Cheapskates (live at the Lyceum) lyrics
[The Clash - Cheapskates live at the Lyceum lyrics]
I have been a washer up and
He has been a scrubber up
And I seen him a picking up
Dog ends in the rain
And he has never read a book though
I told him to take a look
He lifted his pool hall cue for another game
But it ain't no modern miracle
That we found the golden rule
What you can't buy you gotta steal
And what you say can't steal
You better leave
I don't like to hang about
In this lonely room
Cause London is for going out and
Trying to hear a tune
But people come pouncing up to me and say
What are you doing here?
You're supposed to be a star
Not a cheapskate bleeding queer
Like a load of rats from a sinking ship
You slag us down to save your hip
But you don't give me the
Benefit of your doubt
Cause I'll bite it off and spit it out
We're cheapskates, anything'll do
We're cheapskates
What are we supposed to do?
And we can rock, hey hey let's roll
And we can walk and do the stroll
Just because we're in a group
You think we're stinking rich
And we all got model
Girls shedding every stitch
And you think the cocaine's flowing like
A river up our noses
And every sea will part for us like
The red one did for Moses
Well, I hope you make it one day
Just like you always said you would someday
And I'll get out my money and make a bet
That I'll be seeing you down the launderette
We're cheapskates, anything'll do
We're cheapskates
What are we supposed to do?
And we can rock, hey hey let's roll
And we can walk and do the stroll
He has been a scrubber up
And I seen him a picking up
Dog ends in the rain
And he has never read a book though
I told him to take a look
He lifted his pool hall cue for another game
But it ain't no modern miracle
That we found the golden rule
What you can't buy you gotta steal
And what you say can't steal
You better leave
I don't like to hang about
In this lonely room
Cause London is for going out and
Trying to hear a tune
But people come pouncing up to me and say
What are you doing here?
You're supposed to be a star
Not a cheapskate bleeding queer
Like a load of rats from a sinking ship
You slag us down to save your hip
But you don't give me the
Benefit of your doubt
Cause I'll bite it off and spit it out
We're cheapskates, anything'll do
We're cheapskates
What are we supposed to do?
And we can rock, hey hey let's roll
And we can walk and do the stroll
Just because we're in a group
You think we're stinking rich
And we all got model
Girls shedding every stitch
And you think the cocaine's flowing like
A river up our noses
And every sea will part for us like
The red one did for Moses
Well, I hope you make it one day
Just like you always said you would someday
And I'll get out my money and make a bet
That I'll be seeing you down the launderette
We're cheapskates, anything'll do
We're cheapskates
What are we supposed to do?
And we can rock, hey hey let's roll
And we can walk and do the stroll