[ti:The Credit Card Song] [ar:Dick Feller] [al:Kooky Kountry] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Credit Card Song - Dick Feller [00:04.00]Well I guess this story must begin [00:05.67]That fateful day a way back when [00:07.84]I decided I should have a credit card [00:11.69]So I filled out this application [00:14.05]Listed all my recommendations [00:16.24]Sent it off in the mail [00:17.46]And in a month or so the mailman [00:19.43]Brought me my brand new charge all card [00:22.49]Better than checks [00:24.25]Safer than money [00:25.47]And not near as dirty [00:29.40]Well it laid around for a couple of days [00:31.87]And finally I thought what the hay [00:33.41]Why not see if this thing 'll really work [00:37.48]So I went down to my favorite store [00:39.88]Picked out three or four shirts or more [00:41.98]A pair of pants and a striped tie [00:43.85]And the man came by and said [00:45.22]Yes Sir cash or charge [00:47.22]I said yes put it on my credit card [00:49.60]Write that dude up ahhh convenient [00:55.83]Now I put that card away in a drawer [00:57.75]And I never charged one dollar more [00:59.38]Then one day in the mail I got this bill [01:03.87]Typed on a card all full of holes [01:05.67]That says do not staple bend or fold [01:07.57]Was the astronomical figure of thirty two hundred dollars [01:10.42]And forty two cents when [01:13.22]There's been a mistake [01:15.03]So I got on the phone hello hello [01:21.20]I got Mr Black and Mr Brown [01:23.69]And then I got the run a round [01:25.76]'Til finally Mr Green came on the line [01:29.36]I said Sir this may be hard to take [01:31.52]But your computer's made a mistake [01:33.71]It says I owe more money than I've ever seen [01:36.17]And he said people like you make mistakes [01:39.41]Computers do not lie [01:41.52]Send us the bread P D Q [01:47.71]Well this had just about done me in [01:49.80]So I grabbed that computer card again [01:51.63]The one with all those holes punched out so nice [01:55.65]And I threw it on the floor and I stomped it twice [01:57.65]And then I whipped out my pocket knife [01:59.42]And punched out a few more holes [02:00.98]Where there hadn't been no holes before [02:02.83]And I bent it double [02:04.92]Stapled it across the end [02:07.57]Drove my car over it [02:09.36]Stick that up your computer [02:13.26]I sent her back in and never heard no more [02:15.64]'Til one day the mailman came to the door [02:17.31]With a special delivery from the charge all place [02:21.66]Inside was a note from Mr Green [02:23.44]Said we ran your card through our machine [02:25.73]And it tells us that you overpaid your bill [02:28.39]Enclosed is a check payable to you [02:31.23]For nine thousand dollars [02:34.75]We appreciate your business [02:39.82]Well I got back on the phone again called Mr Green [02:42.37]And he was I [02:43.91]And I said I think there is something you should know [02:47.72]Then I told him what the computer had done [02:49.61]And I said just remember you're the one [02:52.53]That told me computer's do not lie [02:55.03]Thank you