Ain't Gonna Waste It On Food Lyrics by Fred Rand

Finally a living, a pocketful of margin
A monthly yield of labouring
But I ain't gonna waste it on food

Everybody's saying where I should be bidding
A higher form of cookery
But I ain't gonna waste it on food


The reason for my being, it doesn't lie in eating
As long as I'm kept full on scrap
I ain't gonna waste it on food

To keep my guitars coming, to keep my old car going
To keep my savings flowing means
I ain't gonna waste it on food


And well, you know I'm lonely
And eating's never funny
It's only for surviving the day, the easier way
But baby, if you showed it
The chores of dinner habit
Is worth it in the knowing what it's for
If only for you, for your love


Girl, you hold your ground, I know your way around
The pots and pans and cutlery
Be sure you don't waste 'em on me

Considered all my saving, my bleak ideal of nurturing
A token of priority
I might invest it on you



Anyway you want me, any film you wanna see
Anywhere you wanna be
I'm sure gonna spend it on you

But know that my well-being ain't hung up on dining
My money's where my love is
I ain't gonna waste it on food

[Thanks to dotoar for adding these lyrics]