Original Broadway Cast of Caroline, or Change
Quarter in the Bleach Cup
[NOAH]
Caroline took my money home
My money home
In her pocket book
I leave a quarter to see what will happen
[CAROLINE]
Quarter in the bleach cup, take it home
[NOAH]
I leave two more quarters to see what she'll do
[CAROLINE]
Quarters in the bleach cup, take them home
[NOAH]
Then I left a dollar bill in my pocket
By mistake
[CAROLINE]
He left a dollar in his pocket
A dollar bill
Left this dollar in your pocket
Mind your money
Lucky for you I didn't take it
[NOAH]
Can I light your cigarette?
[CAROLINE]
No you can't
Now go on, get
You ain't lighting no cigarettes
Never again no more
And if I catch you playing with matches
I tell your mama
[NOAH]
My mama's dead!
[CAROLINE]
You hear what I said?
Spend your money on them funny books
And don't try out your dirty looks
Now, you go on and get upstairs
Out my basement
[NOAH]
I don't want a cigarette! Who cares!
I leave another quarter
[CAROLINE]
I leave it in the bleach cup
[NOAH]
I leave another quarter
[CAROLINE]
Two quarters in the bleach cup
I leave 'em be
[NOAH]
I leave another quarter
Seventy-five cents
[CAROLINE]
And I am mean
And I am tough
But thirty dollars ain't enough
Thirty dollars and seventy-five cents