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
  
   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, she don't care, she don't care, she don't care