$100,000 IN PENNIES

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Song Title
$100,000 IN PENNIES
Writers
Silverstein
Publisher
EVIL EYE MUSIC, INC. (BMI)
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
WORLD
Themes/Keywords
Crime, Money, Penny, Rob, Robbery
Lyrics
I broke into the bank on Sunday
And you should see the money I got,
I couldn’t drag it home until Monday
‘Cause it sure weighed on awful lot;
Then I sat down to count it
And much to my surprise
A whole lotta little ‘round little brown coins
Rolled out in front of my eyes.

I got a hundred thousand dollars in pennies,
Not one paper dollar or a dime,
And I really don’t think there’s many
Rich men with a problem like mine;
And I really don’t think this is any
Kind of ending for a perfect crime,
I got a hundred thousand dollars in pennies
And I’m spending it a penny at a time.

Now a steak would sure taste delicious
And I’ve forgotten how a beer would feel,
But the man might get suspicious
If I gave him five hundred pennies for a meal;
So I guess I’ll weigh myself again
And buy another stick of gum;
I got a hundred thousand dollars in pennies
And I’m a livin’ like a penniless bum.

I could buy myself a big limousine
And be livin’ like a movie star
But I’d have to hire a truck to haul the pennies
To the place where you buy the car.
And I’da have to have a wagon to haul the pennies
To the place I’d hire the truck,
I got a hundred thousand dollars in pennies
And I ain’t got a penny’s worth of luck.

I’ve got a hundred thousand dollars in pennies,
Not one paper dollar or dime,
And I really don’t think there’s many
Rich men with a problem like mine;
And I really don’t think this is any
Kind of ending for a perfect crime,
I got a hundred thousand dollars in pennies
And I’m spendin’ it a penny at a time.

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