Please, Caroline
Keep the change!
Noah, you're nine years old
No, I'm not
I'm eight
Eight?
Only eight? But...
No, you're in the fourth grade now
No, I'm in third
Really?
You're sure?
Well, isn't that weird?
It's like a whole year just...
I don't know
Just disappeared
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Um, I have to get back to the clarinet
Practice the cello
I gave up the cello, dad
Oh, right
You did
I remember
You're a funny kid
Your mother loved the cello
Can I go?
It's time that you should demonstrate
More responsibility
Help Rose with the groceries
That kind of thing
In return I'm giving you
A dollar fifty every week allowance
You can use it as you like, but I-
Buy, buy
Buy, buy, buy!
I hope you'll save it
'Til you're older
Buy yourself a chemistry set
Bubble gum. cigarettes
Sea monkeys
Comic books
Barbie doll dresses on the sly
Buy, buy
Buy, buy, buy!
That's what I wanted
Back when I was a boy
A great, big, shiny chemistry set
There's almost a dollar
Some weeks in the bleach cup
My kids could go down to the dime store and get
The shiny junk they make
To catch a kid's eye
And what they sees
And what they wants
They could buy!
They could buy! (A great big shiny chemistry set)
Stuff I can't buy 'em now (with test tubes)
Always in the lurch (a spirit lamp)
Some weeks I could even tithe at Church (powders, and flame)
Do you want a chemistry set?
No!
Oh
Well, that's a shame
It's your money, Noah
So, please keep in mind...
Caroline keeps what Caroline finds
That night I leave a dime and a nickel
In my pants pocket
To see what would happen
Caroline finds them
They go in the bleach cup
They sit there all week (they sit there all week)
15 cents, 15 cents(15 cents)
Five jawbreakers (a bag of sugary things)
A big bag of red-hots (stain the mouth orange)
A Daredevil comic book (stain the teeth green)
15 cents (that upset the stomach)
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Grown woman got no business taking pennies from a baby!