Songs that mention and exact amount of money

[Nahanni]

Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them
No, no, no
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot

 

[Gorechick]

Jukebox- The Flirts

 

[brittlh]

George Strait- Fool Hearted Memory

A thousand dimes
A thousand times

 

[Disneylover99]

”Hey mister! Have you got a dime?”

 

[low-key]

”Hey mister! Have you got a dime?”

when I started this thread, I thought about you, cause I was thinking I bet there are a lot of hidden gems in songs, and you dont post in these unless your challenged

 

[Jimmy Mouse]

 

[PrincessShmoo]

THE DOUGHNUT SONG (sung to Turkey in the Straw)
Well, I went to Cincinnati and I walked down the block,
And I walked right in to a doughnut shop,
And I pulled a doughnut out of the grease,
And I handed the Lady a 5 cent piece.

Well she looked at the nickel and she looked at me,
And she said ‘This nickel is no good to me,
There's a hole in the middle and it goes right through,’
I said "There's a hole in the doughnut, too."

"Thanks for the doughnut, so long."

 

[Heather07438]

So Ikey and Mikey went back to New York City,
The fun place, a town they can't resist,
Where there is law and order, and crime does not exist.

Ikey and Mikey once had a luncheon date,
They paid the man a quarter for a doughnut on a plate.
The waiter said, "Your quarter has a hole, through and through,"
So Ikey told the waiter, "Your doughnut has one too."

 

[Heather07438]

Ran into the Devil, babe
He loaned me twenty bills
I spent the night in Utah
In a cave up in the hills
Set out runnin' but I take my time
A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight
I just might get some sleep tonight

 

[AppleDumpling]

Taxi - Harry Chapin

There was not much more for us to talk about
Whatever we had once was gone
So I turned my cab into the driveway
Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawns

And she said, “We must get together”
But I knew it'd never be arranged
And she handed me twenty dollars
For a two fifty fare
She said, “Harry, keep the change.”

 

[wenrob]

Your Cash Ain’t Nothin but Trash
“900 bucks and some change”
“$20 fine cause your drunk”

He Calls Home
“Brother can you spare a dime? I’m down to my last dollar.”

 

[brittlh]

Roger Miller- King of the Road
Rooms to let, 50 cents

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"Da Doo," from Little Shop of Horrors
And when the light came back this weird plant was just sitting there.
(Oops -ee-doo)
Just, you know, stuck in, among the zinias.
(Audrey-two)
I coulda sworn it hadn't been there before.
But the old Chinese man sold it to me anyway.
(La-La-La-La-La-La-La-La-La-doo-doo-doo-doo)
For a dollar-ninety-five.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"Some People," from Gypsy
Oh, what a dream.
A wonderful dream, papa.
And all that I need is eighty-eight bucks, papa.
That's what he said, papa.
Only eighty-eight bucks...

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"Alice's Restaurant," Arlo Guthrie
And we was fined $50 and had to pick up the garbage in the snow, but that's not
What I came to tell you about.

 

[kymom99]

I'm gonna pop some tags
Only got twenty dollars in my pocket

Beat me to it

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

The way it is. Bruce Hornsby and the Range.

Mentions a Dime.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

How bout a little homograph?

Penny Lane. The Beatles. HAHA.

 

[Lehuaann]

Livin' on love, buyin' on time
Without somebody nothing ain't worth a dime

 

[tvguy]

JIM CROCE, OPERATOR

Operator, O could ya help me place this call?
See, the number on the matchbook is old and faded
She's living in L.A.
With my best old ex-friend, Ray
Guy, she said she knew well and sometimes hated
But isn't that the way they say it goes?
Well, let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine
And to show
I've overcome the blow
I've learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
That it just wasn't real
But that's not the way it feels
Operator, O could ya help me place this call?
'Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me
There's something in my eyes
You know it happens every time
I think about a love that I thought would save me
But isn't that the way they say it goes?
Well, let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine
And to show
I've overcome the blow
I've learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
That it just wasn't real
But that's not the way it feels
No, no, no, no
That's not the way it feels
Operator, O let's forget about this call
There's no one there I really wanted to talk to
Thank you for your time
Ah, you've been so much more than kind
You can keep the dime
But isn't that the way they say it goes?
Well, let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine
And to show
I've overcome the blow
I've learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
That it just wasn't real
But that's not the way it feels