Cheapskates lyrics

I have been a washer up

And he has been a scrubber up

And I've seen him a pickin' 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 isn't no modern miracle

That we found the golden rule

What you can't buy, ya' gotta steal

And what ya' say can't steal ya' better leave

I don't like to hang about

In this lonely room

'Cause London is for going out

And tryin' to hear a tune

But people come poncin' 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 sinkin' ship

You slag us down to save your hip

But don't give me the benefit of your doubt

Because 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

We're cheapskates, anything'll do

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

Just because we're in a group

You all think we're stinkin' rich

And we all got a'model girls

Sheddin' every stitch

And you think the cocaine's flowin'

Like a river up our noses

And every sea will part for us

Like the red one did for Moses

Well I hope ya' make it one day

Just like you always said ya' would some day

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

That I'll be seein' down the Launderette

We're cheapskates, anything'll do

We're cheapskates what are we supposed to do?

• Artist:The Clash
• Album:Give 'Em Enough Rope