Smart Songtext
von Shel Silverstein

My dad gave me one dollar bill
′Cause I'm his smartest son
And I swapped it for two shiny quarters
′Cause two is more than one!
And then I took the quarters
And traded them to Lou
For three dimes, I guess he didn't know
That three is more than two!
Just then, along came old blind Bates
And just 'cause he can′t see


He gave me four nickels for my three dimes
And four is more than three!
And I took the nickels to Hiram Coombs
Down at the seed feed store
And the fool gave me five pennies for them
And five is more than four
And then I went and showed my dad
And he got red in the cheeks
And closed his eyes and shook his head
Too proud of me to speak!