She's Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina - The Kinks
She's bought a hat
Like Princess Marina's
To wear at all her social affairs
She wears it
When she's cleaning the windows
She wears it
When she's scrubbing the stairs
But you will never see her at Ascot
She can't afford the time or the fare
But she's bought a hat
Like Princess Marina's
So she don't care
He's bought a hat
Like Anthony Eden's
Because it makes him
Feel like a Lord
But he can't afford a Rolls
Or a Bentley
He has to buy a secondhand Ford
He tries to feed his wife and his family
And buy them clothes
And shoes they can wear
But he's bought a hat
Like Anthony Eden's
So he don't care
Buddy can you spare me a dime
My wife is getting hungry
And the kids are crying
This poverty is hurting my pride
Buddy can you spare me
Buddy can you spare me a dime
Buddy can you spare me a dime
Buddy can you spare me
Buddy can you spare me
Buddy can you spare me a dime
She's bought a hat
Like Princess Marina's
And her neighbors
Think it suits her a treat
But she hasn't any food in the larder
Nor has anybody else in the street
But to look at her
You'd think she was wealthy
'Cos she smiles
Just like a real millionaire
'Cos she's bought a hat
Like Princess Marina's
So she don't care
So she don't care
She don't care
She don't care