Walk all around that corner girl, see saw around your own
Join hands and circle left around that ring you go
You allemande that corner girl, do a dosado at home
Men star left in the middle of the ring one time around you roam
You turn thru with the partner, your corner allemande
Do a dosado and then you promenade
It's the high, high, high cost of living
I'm in the red and feeling mighty blue

All 4 ladies chain across then couples 1 & 3
Promenade halfway around for me
Square thru 4 hands all the way around you go
Right & left thru the outside two, turn the girl you know
Swing thru, boys trade, turn thru
Left allemande then you promenade
It's the high, high, high cost of living
I'm in the red and feeling mighty blue

Sides face, grand square
*I'm tearing up my credit card, they say they're going to sue
My bank account is overdrawn, my income tax is due
My phone's been disconnected, here comes the TV man
Just lend an ear and you will hear this awful mess I'm in
4 ladies chain across that ring now
Chain them back and then you promenade
It's the high, high, high cost of living
I'm in the red and feeling mighty blue

(middle break)
*No T-bone steaks at our house, the price is out of sight
The kids are getting tired of grits and gravy every night
I had a big, fine cadillac until the other day
I had to trade the darn thing off and get a Chevrolet

(closer)
*On top of all this misery my wife is getting fat
It's not because she eats too much, that's a certain fact
She used to be real pretty when she was nice and thin
She had a million dollar figure, but inflation just set in