The Kinks, she bought a hat like Princess Marina Lyrics   She's bought a hat like Princess Marina's   To wear at all her social affairs   She wears it when she's cleaning the windows   She wears it when she's scrubbing the stairs      But you will never see her at Ascot   She can't afford the time or the fare   But she's bought a hat like Princess Marina's   So she don't care      He's bought a hat like Anthony Eden's   Because it makes him feel like a Lord   But he can't afford a Rolls or a Bentley   He has to buy a secondhand Ford      He tries to feed his wife and his family   And buy them clothes and shoes they can wear   But he's bought a hat like Anthony Eden's   So he don t care      Buddy can you spare me a dime   My wife is getting hungry   And the kids are crying   This poverty is hurting my pride   Buddy can you spare me   Buddy can you spare me a dime      She's bought a hat like Princess Marina's   And her neighbors think it suits her a treat   But she hasn't any food in the larder   Nor has anybody else in the street      But to look at her you'd think she was wealthy   'Cos she smiles just like a real millionaire   'Cos she's bought a hat like Princess Marina's   So she don't care, she don't care, she don't care, she don't care