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      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      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