Every Minute, Every Penny chords by Steve Green

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Verse 1
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Look at all the stuff I could
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buy!
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I could spend my little penny in a snap
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On one of any of a hundred
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wondrous things
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I want them all, but there's so many
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And I only have one penny
Mr.
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Bernard, sir
What do you think I should
spend it on right now?
Tell me, tell me!
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Maybe donuts, maybe bonies
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Maybe slingshots or balonies
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Maybe pirate ships or puppet shows
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Or bowls of macaroni,
maybe pipers in a tube
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Maybe slices of the moon
I just got a shiny penny and I've
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gotta spend it soon
Spend it?
Right now?
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Why not save it?
Why not keep it?
Till you really, really need it
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Even spend it on a friend
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who needs a hand
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Don't be selfish, don't be hasty
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What you've got is not for wasting
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You should look ahead and
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make a careful plan
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Every minute, every penny, every talent, every gift,
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spend them well and spend them wisely.
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That's the virtue known as thrift.
It is?
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Yes, of course.
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These virtues seem to be
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getting into everything.
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I could spend my time today chasing rabbits,
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or I could lay in a snooze beneath the bushes.
I could frolic.
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I could play.
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But I  only have one day.
Sir
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Bernard, sir, as a fu ture knight,
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how would you recommend I waste
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time this afternoon in
Nipperville?
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Tell me, tell me!
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Maybe sniffing out a snail,
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maybe chasing my own tail,
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maybe looking around the moat and
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trying to catch a blubber whale.
Waste time?
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Why not spend it on tomorrow?
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Don't be lazy, you can borrow time today
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to make a way to meet your dreams.
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Practice hard like old
Bernard
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Time's a treasure you should guard
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Invest your best and soon
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you'll be like me
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Every minute, every penny
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Every talent, every gift
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Spend them well and spend
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them wisely
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That's the virtue known as thrift
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It is?
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Yes.
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Have you got that?
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Yes, I do!
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Every minute, every penny, every talent, every gift,
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spend them well and spend them wisely.
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That's the virtue known as thrift.
I got it.
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Put that in your pocket.
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Okay.
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You never know when you might need it.
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I know.
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I'll save it.
Very good.
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What should we do now?
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Get ice cream.
What happened then,
Mr.
Green?