Spirit Of The West Putting Ups With The Joneses
mr. jones has a little problem if i had eyes i'd see that it was me he's the size of a man with the potential of a boy not what god had meant a child of its to be i'm afraid that he'll amount to all of nothing the joy of reading Yeats he'll never know and in the rat race twirl of our computer guided world he stands no chance of winning let alone to place or show so lock him up and throw away the key boys mr. jones is not like you or me luck him up tight cause if he had the chance he might show us that we're wrong and that's the one thing we can't be oh no mr. jones wanted to be married it seemed like such a cute thing at the time two peas in a pod, two of a kind who never have to ask each other "what's on your mind?" it seemed a simple way to make them happy and happy is such a simple way to be and if the kept to themselves like two books upon a shelf the kind you judge by the cover and never take the time to read lock him up and throw away the key boys mr. jones is not like you or me luck him up tight cause if he had the chance he might show us that we're wrong and that's the one thing we can't be oh no mr. jones and mrs. jones we're elated to inform you though you've failed to meet the standards we've a place where we'll reform you it's a ways outside of town but the distance has its uses close enough to make the effort far enough to make excuses lock him up and throw away the key boys mr. jones is not like you or me luck him up tight cause if he had the chance he might show us that we're wrong and that's the one thing we can't be oh no mrs. jones wants to have a baby she says that as a woman its her right yes we tried to tell her i guess that she forgot when she and mr. jones were wed the doctors tied the knot why can't she just be happy in her own world then we could all be happy here in ours we could still help out even go as far as to stop off at teh safeway, and drop some pennies in the jar lock her up and throw away the key boys mrs. jones is not like you or me luck him up tight cause if she had the chance she might show us that we're wrong and that's the one thing we can't be lock them up and throw away the key boys the joneses are not like you or me luck them up tight cause if they had the chance they might show us that we're wrong and that's the one thing we can't be oh no
