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7 1-2 Cents[PREZ:]I figured it out I figured it out 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 Forty hours every week And that's enough for me to be living like a king! I figured it out [ENSEMBLE:] He figured it out! [PREZ:] I figured it out [Chorus:] He figured it out! [PREZ:] 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! [ENSEMBLE:] So! Although! 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 Forty hours every week And that's enough for me to be living like a king! [BABE:] I figured it out [ENSEMBLE:] She figured it out! [BABE:] I figured it out! [ENSEMBLE:] She figured it out! [BABE:] Only ten years from today Only ten years from today I can see it, clear as daylight 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! [ENSEMBLE:] So! Although! 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 Forty hours every week And that's enough for me to be living like a king! [PREZ & BABE:] We figured it out! [ENSEMBLE:] They figured it out! They figured it out! [PREZ & BABE:] We figured it out! [ALL:] With a pencil and a pad they figured it out [BABE:] Only twenty years from today [PREZ:] Only twenty years from today [BABE:] I can see it like a vision [ALL:] Only twenty years from today [PREZ & BABE:] 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! Wow! [PREZ:] That's enough for me to be A sultan in a taj mahal In every room a different doll! [BABE:] 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! [ENSEMBLE:] So! Although! 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 Forty hours every week And that's enough for me to be living like a king! |