Verse 1 <\/p>\n
It\u2019s the night before payday and all through the house
\nThe only thing stirring is my finger on the mouse
\nOf my online banking clicking re-fresh
\nTo see if my wages have been received yet
\nI\u2019ve been waiting for this day for what seems like an age
\nCoz last month I went out and got carried away
\nOk, I\u2019ll confess I spent it all
\nBut this month I\u2019m gonna be way more sensible
\nFinally it lands and I\u2019m rubbing my hands
\nBut my overdraft hoovers most of the cash
\nBetween that and the credit card minimum amount
\nThere\u2019s barely any money left in the account
\nThat\u2019s fine though I wanted a quiet month anyway
\nI\u2019ll just stay in save and be well behaved
\nThen next month when they pay me I may be
\nBack in the Black like AC and Amy<\/p>\n
Chorus:<\/p>\n
I got a hole in my pocket coz this money is burning
\nAnd I can\u2019t stop spending every penny I\u2019m earning
\nNo matter how much I have when the month commences
\nBy the time that it\u2019s ended I\u2019ve still managed to spend it<\/p>\n
Verse 2<\/p>\n
I wake up the next day and it\u2019s 10 past 8
\nAnd I\u2019ve already got a verbal warning for being late
\nSo I order a cab which I justify internally
\nI know I can\u2019t afford it but this is an emergency
\nAt lunchtime I meet a mate at a coffee place
\nHit the ATM and get a tenner on the way
\nBut now the note is broken so I\u2019ve got a lot of change
\nAnd I don\u2019t want it getting wasted so I bosh it on some cakes
\nI get back and have a little browse on the net
\nAnd see a wicked looking book that I\u2019ve been meaning to get
\n– I know I really shouldn\u2019t but at least it is productive
\nPlus I\u2019m staying in so I deserve a little something\u2026
\nAt 5 I hear the cry of \u2018Beer O\u2019Clock\u2019
\nBut I politely decline to much protest and shock
\nI feel like a saint for showing such great restraint
\nSo as a reward order a \u00a340 takeaway<\/p>\n
Verse 3<\/p>\n
A couple days later and I\u2019m standing line
\nIn my local supermarket when my card gets declined
\nI\u2019m like \u201cSorry love but it must be your till
\nCoz I know that I\u2019ve got enough dough to pay the bill\u201d
\nShe tries a couple more times but still no luck
\nSo I dump my stuff and storm off in a huff
\nI check my bank balance and it says zero
\nSo I think \u201cOh no! My card must\u2019ve been cloned!\u201d
\nI phone up my bank to report the fraud
\nExpecting them to say a Porsche has been bought abroad
\nBut they say \u201cHmm we\u2019ve not seen anything untoward\u201d
\nSo I make \u2018em read the payments out just to be sure
\n\u00a320 from Uber – yeah that one\u2019s mine
\n\u00a310 in cash – um yeah also mine
\n\u00a340 at China Xpress, uh yes\u2026
\nWould you like me to continue?\u201d No thank you that\u2019s fine!<\/p>\n
Verse 4<\/p>\n
I\u2019m in deep, my overdraft has reached it\u2019s peak
\nAnd payday isn\u2019t for another 3 weeks
\nI can just about eat but it means tuna mayo
\nAnd baked potato three meals a day though
\nI\u2019m tryna work out this problem that I\u2019m cursed with
\nLike when it come to cash am I allergic?
\nOr is is low self esteem that makes me lose it on purpose
\nCoz secretly I don\u2019t believe I deserve it?
\nWhatever the reason I\u2019m certain, it\u2019s related
\nTo my poor punctuality and permanent lateness
\nAnd explains why I\u2019m such a poor time-keeper
\nCoz time is money and I never have either
\nFinally it reaches the end of the month and I\u2019m insistent
\nThis time it\u2019s gonna be different
\n\u201cOli mate we\u2019re going to the pub wanna come?\u201d
\n\u201cMmm it\u2019s been a long month, I guess I\u2019ll have one\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Verse 1 It\u2019s the night before payday and all through the house The only thing stirring is my finger on the mouse Of my online banking clicking re-fresh To see if my wages have been received yet I\u2019ve been waiting for this day for what seems like an age Coz last month I went out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamoffbeat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamoffbeat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamoffbeat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamoffbeat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamoffbeat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iamoffbeat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamoffbeat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamoffbeat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamoffbeat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}