Go to a cash machine
To get a ticket home
Message on the screen
Says don´t make plans, you´re broke
No, no this can´t be right
I know that time is tight
I´ve only just been paid
Three weeks five days, til I´m seen
Right...
No...
I scratch a living, it ain´t easy
You know it´s a drag
I´m always paying, never make it
But you can´t look back
I wonder if I´ll ever get
To where I want to be
Better believe it
I´m working for the cash machine

I try to phone a friend
My credit´s in the red
I try to skip the fare
Ticket inspector´s there
No no, this can´t be right
I live an honest life
It seems like sometimes
You don´t cross the line
You don´t get
By...
No...

I scratch a living, it ain´t easy
You know it´s a drag
I´m always paying, never make it
But you can´t look back
I wonder if I´ll ever get
To where I want to be
Better believe it
Yeah...

What am I gonna do
My girlfriend´s test turned blue
We tried to play it safe
That night we could not wait
No no, this can´t be right
She said it would be alright
I can´t afford to be a daddy
So I leave tonight...
No...

I scratch a living, it ain´t easy
You know it´s a drag
I´m always paying, never make it
But you can´t look back
I wonder if I´ll ever get
To where I want to be
Better believe it
I´m working for the cash machine
Cash machine
Cash machine
Cash machine

There´s a hole in my pocket, my pocket, my pocket
There´s a hole in my pocket, my pocket, my pocket
There´s a hole in my pocket, my pocket, my pocket
There´s a hole in my pocket
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah