Song Description

A couple comes to terms with the wife's extravagant spending habits.

Lyrics

Champagne Taste, Beer Budget
©2006 by Jess Whited


VERSE

Used to be
Nothing was good enough
I?m a working man
She loved her stuff
Come home tired after work
She?d come home from the mall
She?d model her new clothes and say
?Don?t you love it??
I?d say Champagne Taste, Beer Budget

VERSE

Used to hate
Those credit card bills
The mail box
Gave me chills
I?d see store after store
Always more, more, more
There?s only so much money babe
We just can?t fudge it
Champagne Taste, Beer Budget

CHORUS

Champagne taste, beer budget
Living large with a credit card
Champagne taste, beer budget
You want the good life you got to work hard
Living large with a credit card


VERSE

I had enough
Looked her straight in the eye and said
You can kiss my assets goodbye
If you don?t cut up those cards
I?m walkin? out the door
She cried and she screamed
And she told me to shove it
Champagne Taste, Beer Budget

CHORUS

Champagne taste, beer budget
Living large with a credit card
Champagne taste, beer budget
You want the good life you got to work hard
Living large with a credit card


BRIDGE

Instead of spending money we could spend some time
Read a book maybe
Learn to cook baby
They say the best things in life are free
Do you want me or my salary?

VERSE

These days
Her wardrobe has changed
A uniform says her name
She's working overtime
At the burger chain
Her credit cards are cut up and gone
A payment plan is what she's on
She loves me more than shopping
I love it
Champagne Taste, Beer Budget

CHORUS

Champagne taste, beer budget
Living large with a credit card
Champagne taste, beer budget
You want the good life you got to work hard
Living large with a credit card