'Cause Cheap Is How I Feel Lyrics

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 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 a moon in the sky tonight is 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 churnin'
Feelin' 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, it's the lights
I hate the shadows that they cast
And the sound of clinking bottles is the one sure 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

Cowboy Junkies - The Caution Horses

Feb 1990

1. Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning
2. 'Cause Cheap Is How I Feel
3. Thirty Summers
4. Mariner's Song
5. Powderfinger
6. Rock And Bird
7. Witches
8. Where Are You Tonight?
9. Escape Is So Simple
10. You Will Be Loved Again