I have been a washer up

An' he has been a scrubber up

An' I seen him a picking up

Dog ends in the rain An' 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

An' what you say can't steal you better leave I don't like to hang about

In this lonely room

'Cos 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 *** us down to save your hip

But you don't give me the benefit of your doubt

'Cos I'll bite it off and spit it out We're cheapskates anything'll do

We're cheapskates what are we supposed to do?

An' we can rock, hey hey let's roll

An' we can walk, an' do the stroll We're cheapskates, anything'll do

We're cheapskates, what are we supposed to do?

[Incomprehensible] Just because we're in a group

You think we're stinking rich

An' we all got model girls

Shedding every stitch An' you think the cocaine's flowing

Like a river up our noses

An' 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 some day

And I'll get out my money and make a bet

That I'll be seein' you down the Launderette We're cheapskates anything'll do

We're cheapskates what are we supposed to do?