Ooh wee, ain't life grand? They give you a dollar Then snatch it back out of your hand They rip you off for working And they damn you if you don't The only way you're gonna get out of this Is to tell 'em that you won't High society Look what you're doing to me High society Oh, oh, the taxman Won't believe me that I'm broke But even if I could pay up He'd still take me for a joke High society Look what you're doing to me High society Now everything I've said here Is really just a joke But maybe that's because a policeman Has got me by the throat