The Twenty Dollar Bill

The next day I go off to school

Noah, darling, study hard

You should see his last report card, Papa

Everything C's and D's

Look at this

The hypocrites

Eulogizing, rhapsodizing

Kennedy, Kennedy

They hated him

They murdered him

Did him in

And now...

Good morning, Caroline

All day long I sit at school

Drifting, dreaming in the classroom

Inattentive 'cause I'm bored

Study, Noah, study hard

Drawing doodles, Maccabees

Bumblebees, Christmas trees

And all the toys I plan to buy with...

Buy with...

Buy with...

Suddenly he sits up straight

Suddenly he can concentrate

Suddenly open go the eyes

Suddenly I realize

A dreadful blow he has been dealt

Left my, left my

Chanukah gelt

All that money

Twenty dollars

Twenty dollars

In your pocket

In the pocket of your /my pants

In the pocket of my pants

There's still a chance

Maybe she hasn't done the laundry

There's all that cleaning after a party

Oh, please clock, please clock

Strike three now

Tick

Tock

Tick

Tock

Anyhow

She can't, it's mine

She can't have my money, I'll sue

Aw, come on, clock

It's only two

I'm plotzing with anxiety

Alright, already

Now it's three

Finally

The second I hear the three o'clock bell

I'm a bat out of hell

I run down the street

Like a blur

And right away (Consequences)

The washing machine (Unforeseen)

I'm on

In the basement

It's on, it's her

The spin cycle's already started to spin

She's down there

Wait, wait, Caroline

What?

Did you find?

Yup, I did

And now it's mine