champagne taste (on a beer budget)

the other day

i checked my bank account

i could swear it was the wrong amount

and i didn't understand cause

i'd been workin' hard

for the life of me

i didn't know where it went

i hadn't even paid the rent

then the mercedes pulled up in the yard

oh

lord

i should have seen it comin'

this time i'm in deep

now i'm headin' to the poorhouse

or headin' to jail

and if i end up there

i ain't makin' bail

and if it goes to court

i sure don't have a case

cause i ran out of money

some time ago

but if you look at my wife

you'd never know

i'm afraid my baby's got champagne taste

on a beer budget

well. my throat dried up

and my heart just sunk

as she motioned me over

and popped the trunk

and i tried to ignore her absent-minded smile

and

boy

i was greeted by quite the crew

this louis vuitton and some jimmy choo

and that was just the fellas who were sittin' on top of the pilei

i said

baby

there's a walmart a block away

and i don't think they sell these brands

now i'm headin' to the poorhouse

or headin' to jail

and if i end up there

i ain't makin' bail

and if it goes to court

i sure don't have a case

cause i ran out of money

some time ago

but if you look at my wife

you'd never know

i'm afraid my baby's got champagne taste

on a beer budget

all the bills are in my name

all the bills are in his name

they're gonna haul my ass away

they're gonna haul his ass away

and i won't see her pretty face at all

no-o-o

cause the prison ls nowhere near the mall

now i'm headin' to the poorhouse

or headin' to jail

and if i end up there

i ain't makin' bail

and if it goes to court

i sure don't have a case

yee-haw

cause i ran out of money

some time ago

but if you look at my wife

you'd never know

i'm afraid my baby's got champagne taste

on a beer budget