The Cheap Song

I've got a sorry reputation
with the people in my town
they know I've got the green stuff
but I don't spread it around

They talk behind my back
they treat me like I did 'em wrong
I'm gonna straighten them out
and that's why I sing this song

Yeah

'cause I'm cheap
and I know it
when I get money
man I just don't blow it
yeah I'm cheap
but I ain't lazy
I save my money oh
but I ain't crazy

'cause someday I might just spend it all

I live in a house
that's completely bought and paid
the one that my daddy built
in 1968
I get all my meals
cooked by a lady
I call ma
she's 80 years old
and she lets me drive her car

hey

'cause I'm cheap
and I admit it
when I get money hey
I just don't spend it
Hey I'm cheap
but I ain't lazy
I save my money oh
but I ain't crazy

'cause someday I might just spend it all

Oh there's not much that I really need
Oh oh oh I got my share of problems
but running out of cash
is one that I'll never see
you can take it to the bank
that money's working for me

I clip out the coupons
I look for the sale
I save all the junk stuff
that comes in my mail
When I go to the store
I know exactly what I need
and when they add up the discounts
they wind up paying me

'cause I'm cheap
and I know it
when I get money hey
I just don't blow it
Hey I'm cheap
I'm like Clark Howard
when I get money yeah
I feel empowered

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According to Alan James Lorden, “As far as I know, no one has ever written a country song about being stingy (even though I really spend money like a drunken fisherman.)”

This is a duet with Johnny Orr and his is the voice that opens the song. Alan James Lorden is on a bit of a roll. Of the 3 new songs he’s pushed this year. A song of his called We Were Right was voted Best International Country Song by Toronto Exclusive Magazine in October, and his retro Christmas song, Smoky Mountain Christmas Eve, was selected by Indie Islands Magazine for their Christmas online issue and virtual Christmas card.

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