Spirit of the west - Puttin' up with the joneses lyrics

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Oh no (Oh no) Oh no (Oh no, no, no)

Oh no (Oh no) Oh no (Oh no, no, no)

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 it's 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 a show so...

Lock him up and throw away the key boys

Mr. Jones is not like you or me

Lock 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 (Oh no) Oh no (Oh no, no, 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'd never have to ask each other:

"What is on your mind?" ('What's on your mind')

It seemed a simple way to make them happy

And happy's such a simple way to be

And if they kept to themselves like two books upon a shelf

The kind you judge by the cover

And never take the time to read

So lock 'em up and throw away the key boys

The Joneses they're not like you or me

Lock 'em up tight cause of they had the chance they 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 'em up and throw away the key boys

The Joneses they're not like you or me

Lock 'em 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 (Oh no) Oh no (Oh no, no, no)

Mrs. Jones wants to have a baby

She says that as a woman it's her right

Yes we tried to tell her I guess that she forgot

When she and Mr. Jones were wed

The doctor's tied the knot

Why can't she just be happy in her own world

Then we can all be happy here in ours

We could still help out, even go as far

As to stop off at the Safeway, drop some pennies in the jar so...

Lock her up and throw away the key boys

Mrs. Jones is not like you or me

Lock her 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 so

Lock 'em up and throw away the key boys

The Joneses they're not like you or me

Lock 'em 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 (Oh no) Oh no (Oh no, no, no)Oh no (Oh no) Oh no (Oh no, no, no) heeyyyyyy<br />

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Thanks to razvan