Seven and a Half Cents - Doris Day

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

He figured it out!

I figured it out

He figured it out!

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!

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!

I figured it out

She figured it out!

I figured it out!

She figured it out!

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!

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!

We figured it out!

They figured it out!

They figured it out!

We figured it out!

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!

Wow!

That’s enough for me to be

A sultan in a taj mahal

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!

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!