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06x01 - Dollars and Sense

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Schoolhouse Rock!". Aired: January 6, 1973 – March 31, 2009.*
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Themes covered included grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics, and civics.

06x01 - Dollars and Sense

Post by bunniefuu »

[narrator] Here's how to make sense
of dollars and cents.

[ukulele music playing]

[clucks]

[squeals]

[girl] ♪ You know, I love country music
And I practice daily ♪

♪ On my out-of-tune
c*ck ukulele ♪

♪ But daily ukulele playin'
Ain't gonna get me far ♪

♪ I need a guitar, an amp
And some Quadraphonics ♪

♪ And several hundred dollars'
Worth of electronics ♪

♪ If I'm ever gonna get to be
A country western star ♪

[audience applauding and cheering]

♪ Gotta get me some dollars and cents ♪

♪ Dollars and cents ♪

♪ Them greenback bills
With the pictures of the Presidents ♪

[banker] ♪ Now I hear you squawkin'
Miss Becky Sue ♪

♪ Why don't you drop by the bank
And I'll explain to you ♪

♪ How you can make more dollars
If you use a little common sense ♪

♪ Chill out, young lady
No need to fret ♪

♪ Although you can't afford to buy
That new equipment yet ♪

♪ You got a couple hundred bucks
Saved up in your birthday stash ♪

♪ Why not deposit them dollars
In the bank instead? ♪

♪ Then at the end of the year
You come out way ahead ♪

♪ Because the bank'll pay you money
In exchange for the use of your cash ♪

♪ And that's called "interest"
You're makin' money that way ♪

♪ And you can buy that gear
About a year from today ♪

[girl] ♪ Savin' sounds mighty nifty
Mr. Banker Dude ♪

♪ You know I'd like to be thrifty
But I ain't in the mood ♪

♪ I'm inspired and I'm writin' me
A brand-new country song ♪

♪ I got a lotta country western
In my blood ♪

♪ Like Reba and Loretta
And Wynonna Judd ♪

♪ Gotta get me that equipment
And I ain't about to wait too long ♪

♪ Gotta get me some dollars and cents
Dollars and cents ♪

♪ Them greenback bills
With the pictures of the Presidents ♪

♪ So please, Mr. Banker
Won't you tell me how ♪

♪ I can get my mitts
On some money right now ♪

♪ 'Cause waitin' for my dollars
Really doesn't seem to make much sense ♪

[banker] ♪ Why sure, Becky Sue
I can give you a hand ♪

♪ I can lend you the money
But you must understand ♪

♪ When you borrow from the bank
Then you gotta pay it back on time ♪

♪ Then when you're done payin' back
Every dollar that's due ♪

♪ You will find you paid them back
A little extra or too ♪

♪ For every dollar you borrow you gotta

Pay the bank a dollar and a dime ♪

♪ Again, that's interest
And it's just a fee ♪

♪ You pay to use the money
That you borrow from me ♪

♪ We're talkin' 'bout dollars and cents
Dollars and cents ♪

♪ Them greenback bills
With the pictures of the presidents ♪

♪ Since life is one experience
That's spares us no expense ♪

♪ Gotta use them dollars
With a little bit of common sense ♪

♪ We gotta use them dollars ♪

♪ With a little bit of common sense ♪

[neighing]

[ukulele music playing]

Are you sure Dolly Parton
started this way?