The Clash - Cheapskates [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Verse 1]
I have been a washer up
And he has been a scrubber up
And I seen him a picking up
Dog ends in the rain
And he has never read a book
Though I told him to take a look
He lifted his pool hall cue
For another game
But it isn't no modern miracle
That we found the golden rule
What you can't buy, you gotta steal
And what you say can't steal you better leave
I don't like to hang about
In this lonely room
Because 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 benefit of your doubt
Because I'll bite it off and spit it out

[Chorus]
We're cheapskates anything'll do
We're cheapskates what are we supposed to do?
And we can rock, hey hey let's roll
And we can walk, and do the stroll

[Chorus]
We're cheapskates, anything'll do
We're cheapskates, what are we supposed to do?
[?]

[Verse 2]
Just because we're in a group
You think we're stinking rich
And we all got model girls
Shedding every stitch
And you think the cocaine's flowing
Like a river up our noses
And 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

[Chorus]
We're cheapskates anything'll do
We're cheapskates what are we supposed to do?