Seventeen Cents 17 cents is a whale of a lot 17 cents is what I got Grocery bills, the heat, and the rent All I got left is 17 cents 19, 18, 17 cents A dirty old dime and the penny's bent I ain't seen nothin' of my darlin' since She left me here with 17 cents Down the road and around the bend Lookin' for gold at the rainbow's end Over the fields and under the fence The bucket was lined with 17 cents 19, 18, 17 cents A dirty old dime and the penny's bent I ain't seen nothin' of my darlin' since She left me here with 17 cents I got a letter from the IRS "You owe back taxes - 17 cents" I wish I had all the money they spent Spent on bringing in 17 cents 19, 18, 17 cents A dirty old dime and the penny's bent I ain't seen nothin' of my darlin' since She left me here with 17 cents I went to Nashville and wrote me a song I put it on a record by Fiddlin' John Bill Monroe and Joseph Spence My royalty check was 17 cents 19, 18, 17 cents A dirty old dime and the penny's bent I ain't seen nothin' of my darlin' since She left me here with 17 cents Down the road, the skid row gents Always begged for 17 cents I never did find out where they went To buy anything for 17 cents 17 cents for a cup of joe, A ticket home, or a burger roll I never did find out where they went To get such things for 17 cents 17 cents is a whale of a lot 17 cents is what I got Grocery bills, the heat, and the rent All I got left is 17 cents 19, 18, 17 cents A dirty old dime and the penny's bent I ain't seen nothin' of my darlin' since She left me here with 17 cents