the kind you can t afford

Madeleine Peyroux

You got palatial mansions
I got a rented flat
You got Persian kittens
I got tabby cat

You got art collections
I got comic books
You use plastic surgery
I stay the way I look

You travel private jet
I stand by overnight
You romance with chandeliers
And I use candlelight

Oh, there s one thing I got more
When I m rich, you re poor
Is that real good loving
The kind you can t afford

While you re enjoying banquets
I m eating cafe snacks
You re in designer clothing
I m in plastic Macs

Sipping on Napoleon Brandy
I m slinging a can of beer
Packing matching luggage
I m mostly staying here

Your educated accent
Might beat the local slang
Don t bet your staff and the servants
Against my backstreet gang

Cause there s one thing I got more
When I m rich, you re poor
Is that real good loving
The kind you can t afford

Your dinner jackets and your ballroom gowns
No warmer than my jeans
Caviar
No more filling than a can of beans

Go to your classic concert
I ll be with a local band
You ll get brand new everything
I ll keep my second hand

Ain t no new fitted bathroom
Got my water tap
You think I m full of envy?
I know where the money s at

Oh, there s one thing I got more
When I m rich, you re poor
Is that real good loving
The kind you can t afford

It s the kind you
It s the kind you can t afford
It s the kind
It s the kind you can t afford

You got palatial mansions
I got rented flat
Persian kittens
I got a tabby cat

Cruising in a new Mercedes
I m broke down in a Ford
You re out on your new yacht
I m out on my surfing board
Ooh, surfing board