seven and a half cents
doris day
with a pencil and a pad i figured it out!
seven and a half cents doesn't buy a hell of a lot
seven and a half cents doesn't mean a thing!
but give it to me every hour
and that's enough for me to be living like a king!
with a pencil and a pad i figured it out!
only five years from today!
only five years from today!
i can see it all before me!
only five years from today!
five years! let's see.thats 260 weeks
times forty hours every week
and roughly two and a quarter hours overtime. at time
and a half for overtime! comes to exactly. $852.74!
that's enough for me to get
an automatic washing machine
a years supply of gasoline
carpeting for the living room
a vacuum instead of a blasted broom
not to mention a forty inch television set!
seven and a half cents doesn't buy a hell of a lot
seven and a half cents doesn't mean a thing!
but give it to me every hour
and that's enough for me to be living like a king!
only ten years from today
only ten years from today
only ten years from today!
ten years! let's see.thats 520 weeks
times forty hours every week
and roughly two and a quarter hours overtime. at time
and a half for overtime! comes to exactly. $1705.48!
that's enough for me to buy
a trip to france across the seas
a motorboat and water skis
maybe even a foregian car
a charge account at the corner bar
not to mention a scrabble board with letters made of gold!
seven and a half cents doesn't buy a hell of a lot
seven and a half cents doesn't mean a thing!
but give it to me every hour
and that's enough for me to be living like a king!
with a pencil and a pad they figured it out
only twenty years from today
only twenty years from today
i can see it like a vision
only twenty years from today
twenty years! let's see.thats 1040 weeks
times forty hours every week
and roughly two and a quarter hours overtime. at
time and a half for overtime! comes to exactly. $3411.96!
that's enough for me to be
in every room a different doll!
i'll have myself a buying spree
i'll buy a pajama factory
then i could end up having old man hasler work for me!
seven and a half cents doesn't buy a hell of a lot
seven and a half cents doesn't mean a thing!
but give it to me every hour
and that's enough for me to be living like a king!