Honey, We Can't Afford to Look This Cheap

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Well I want to try and hold my head up high

In this busted up pinto truck conversion between the broken concrete and the cloudy sky
Well you have to make an effort with me
Can you make it look like youre chauffeuring me

Theres enough gas to get us home now if we glide

When we took this job I thought that you knew the deal

I told the boss we had a Mercedes Benz
But all we got in our yard is a steering wheel
Well I cant borrow this tuxedo much longer
Well we might have to cut and sell your long hair

I dont mind you wearing a wig but I wont steal

Yeah well honey we cant afford to look this cheap

We need to make it look like
Were high class so well haul ourself on we cant be beat
I cant help but wonder this time next year
Will we be drinking Dom Perignon or reheated beer

Well honey we cant afford to look this cheap

We have to keep up appearances as long as we can

Theres too much to lose our social status well
Our ice machine and our ceiling fan
And if they find out that we aint real songwriters
That we go Dutch on cigarette lighters

Were gonna lose the paradise thats in our hands

Well honey we cant afford to look this cheap

Got an image to live up to here
In the best motel on Imposter Street
While the joneses are waltzing off to dinner

Were gluing old lottery tickets together

Trying to make us a winner

Well honey we cant afford to look this cheap