Cheapskates Lyrics - Give Em Enough Rope - The Clash

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 poolhall 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 

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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 slag us down to save your hip 

But you don't give me the benfit 

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 

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Just because we're in a group 

You think we're stinking rich 

'n we all got model girls 

Shedding every stitch 

'n you think the cocaine's flowing 

Like a river up our noses 

'n 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