The Kinks – Low Budget (Ukulele)

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Cheap is small and not too steep 

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But best of all cheap is cheap 

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Circumstance has forced my hand 

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To be a cut price person in a low budget land 

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Times are hard but we'll all survive 

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I just got to learn to economize 

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  I'm on a low budget 

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  I'm on a low budget 

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  I'm not cheap, you understand 

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  I'm just a cut price person in a low budget land 

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Excuse my shoes they don't quite fit 

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They're a special offer and they hurt me a bit 

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Even my trousers are giving me pain 

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They were reduced in a sale so I shouldn't complain 

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They squeeze me so tight so I can't take no more 

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They're size 28 but I take 34 

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  I'm on a low budget (What did you say) 

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  I'm on a low budget (I thought you said that) 

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  I'm on a low budget 

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  I'm a cut price person in a low budget land 

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I'm dropping my standards so that I can buy more 

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Low budget sure keeps me on my toes 

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I count every penny and I watch where it goes 

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We're all on our uppers we're all going skint 

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I used to smoke cigars but now I suck polo mints 

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I'm on a low budget (What did you say) 

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I'm on a low budget (I thought you said that) 

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I'm on a low budget 

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I'm a cut price person in a low budget land  

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I'm on a low budget. Low budget.     Low budget 

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Art takes time, time is money 

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Money's scarce and that ain't funny 

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Millionaires are things of the past 

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We're in low budgetville where nothing can last 

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Money's rare there's none to be found 

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So don't think I'm tight if I don't buy a round 

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I'm on a low budget (What did you say) 

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I'm on a low budget (I thought you said that) 

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I'm on a low budget 

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I'm a cut price person in a low budget land

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I'm on a low budget (Say it again) 

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Low budget (One more time)    Low budget

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So I'm giving up all of my expensive tastes. 

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Caviar and champagne are definite no's, 

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I'm acquiring a taste for brown island cog rose] 

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I look like a tramp, but don't write me off,

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I'll have you all know, I was once a toff 

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At least my hair is all mine, my teeth are my own, 

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But everything else is on permanent loan. 

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Once all my clothes were made by hand, 

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Now I'm a cut price person in a low budget land. 

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  I'm on a low budget (I'll have you all know) 

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  I'm on a low budget (I thought you said that) 

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  We're on a low budget 

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  I'm on a low budget