Cowboy Junkies - 'Cause cheap is how I feel lyrics

Michael Timmins

It's the kind of night that's so cold when you spit

it freezes before it hits the ground.

And when a bum asks you for a quarter you give a dollar

if he's out tonight he must be truly down.

And I'm searching all the windows for a last minute present

to prove to you what I said was real,

for something small and frail and plastic baby

cause cheap is how I feel.

Half moon in the sky tonight, bright enough

to come up with an answer

to the question why is it that every time I see you

my love grows a little stronger.

But your memory leaves my stomach churning

feeling like a lie about to be revealed,

but I'll horde all this to myself

cause cheap is how I feel.

It's not the smell in here that gets to me its the lights

I hate the shadows that they cast,

and the sound of clinking bottles is the one small thing

I'll always drag with me from my past.

I think I'll find a pair of eyes tonight

to fall into and maybe strike a deal

Your body for my soul, fair swap

cause cheap is how I feel