Lyrics to
Mr. Penny Pincher

This version of Mr. Penny Pincher was released by Steppenwolf in 1975.

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There goes Mr. Penny Pincher
Trying to make ends meet
Some kind of super human
Calculator

Providing for his family family
Is not an easy feat
Even though a conscientious
Money saver

He stays working overtime
Burning the midnight oil
Cutting every corner
In his never ending toil

There goes Mr. Penny Pincher
Running for the bus
The car is too expensive
To be driving

He reads the morning paper
But he leaves it in disgust
Because the cost of living
Keeps on rising

His dream of long vacations
And lazy carefree days
Grows even more impossible
With every bill he pays

Mr. Penny Pincher
You’re on a downhill grade
‘Cause living for the dollar
Is an account that’s never paid

Mr. Penny Pincher
You’re on a downhill grade
‘Cause living for the dollar
Is an account that’s never paid

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About Lyrics and Mr. Penny Pincher by Steppenwolf

The lyrics for Mr. Penny Pincher are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by Steppenwolf. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Mr. Penny Pincher have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Mr. Penny Pincher - Steppenwolf and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Mr. Penny Pincher by Steppenwolf in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Mr. Penny Pincher" means the words set to the music of Mr. Penny Pincher, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Steppenwolf. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Mr. Penny Pincher and the lyrics to Mr. Penny Pincher are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Steppenwolf who came here looking just for the lyrics to Mr. Penny Pincher, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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