TV Smith - Expensive Being Poor lyrics

Expensive being poor And the car is of the road But I never had a car But I pay more for food But the supermarkets too far It's expensive being poor Because everything cost more Knocking on a closing door It's expensive being poor Someone throw me down some crumbs I will eat them off the floor It's expensive being poor But I look good when I get desperate And the box is on the fritz It's a black and white, or was I tried taking it to bits Now the picture's just a grey fuss It's expensive being poor Because everything cost more Someone pick me off the floor It's expensive being poor How can I live with what I did When the cinema is 6 quid' It's expensive being poor But I look good when I get desperate Let the good times roll Into a bottomless hole With job friends and future My ideal home furniture Let the trumpets sound As my house falls down And the dust begins to clear And I'm lying on the ground And I'm standing on a path In an unknown part of town And the path leads me away Over hills and out of sight In the blazing sun by day And the hanging moon by night And I wind up in a place Where I never have to count And I never see the waves As I push my leaking boat out It's expensive being poor Because everything hurts more Knocking on a bolted door It's expensive being poor Someone throw me down some crumbs I will eat them off the floor It's expensive being poor But I look good when I get desperate