The Allowance Song

Every day at FamZoo, we search the web for anything related to teaching kids good money habits using keywords like “chores” and “allowance” — among others. Over the summer, our search turned up a very cool story about a wonderfully talented 18 year old singer-songwriter named Sophie London who had just released her self-titled debut album.

Wow, what a voice. What musical ability. I’m always amazed at the talent these teens can possess — maybe because when I was an aspiring teen musician, my guitar instructor told me after just two weeks of agonizing lessons: “Bill, I think you should find another hobby.” Ouch.

But, how’d Sophie end up in our teaching-kids-about-money search results? Here’s the quote that did it:

I wrote my first song — it was called “The Allowance Song,” because I wanted my allowance and my parents would never give it to me.

OK, now that’s a song I just had to hear!

So, I contacted Sophie to see if she had a copy of the original song lying around. No such luck. Undaunted, I commissioned Sophie to revive the song from her early childhood — and toss in a few new twists. See what you think. Here’s The Allowance Song (Revisited). Listen with the player below (or you can download the mp3 here).

Naturally, I think it’s quite epic. So, I’ve christened it as the official FamZoo theme song.

Here are the lyrics:

Yesterday when we were going shopping

I saw something that I wanted to buy

I reached into my bag for money

And all I found was dust bunnies

All because you forgot to pay me



Allowance is something we have agreed on

Every week I am rewarded for my hard work

The lawn is mowed and my bed is made

And I help out in other ways

But I hate when you forget about pay day



I'm not asking for a lot

Just a buck or two

It comes down to this

Here's a suggestion for you



If I pull my weight

Will you pull yours too?

But we can make this easier

And start using FamZoo, FamZoo



I am growing up and I am learning

How to work with money and be responsible

When to spend and when to save

We're dealing with it every day

So don't forget or it's the price your gonna have to pay



I'm not asking for a lot

Just a buck or two

It comes down to this

Here's a suggestion for you



If I pull my weight

Will you pull yours too?

But we can make this easier

And start using FamZoo, FamZoo



I'm not asking for a lot

Just a buck or two

It comes down to this

Here's a suggestion for you



If I pull my weight

Will you pull yours too?

But we can make this easier

And start using FamZoo.