Puttin' Up With The Joneses-Spirit of the West

[ti:Puttin' Up With The Joneses] [ar:Spirit of the West] [al:Hit Parade] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Puttin' Up With The Joneses - Spirit of the West (西部精神) [00:27.23]Mr jones has a little problem [00:29.29] [00:30.01]If i had eyes i'd see that it was me [00:32.41] [00:33.06]He's the size of a man with the potential of a boy [00:36.28]Not what god had meant a child of its to be [00:38.88] [00:39.75]I'm afraid that he'll amount to all of nothing [00:42.32] [00:43.03]The joy of reading Yeats he'll never know [00:45.93]And in the rat race twirl [00:47.65]Of our computer guided world [00:49.42]He stands no chance of winning [00:50.83]Let alone to place or show so [00:53.12]Lock him up and throw away the key boys [00:56.23]Mr jones is not like you or me [00:59.36]Luck him up tight [01:00.44]Cause if he had the chance he might [01:02.76]Show us that we're wrong [01:03.89]And that's the one thing we can't be [01:05.95]Oh no [01:09.88] [01:13.11]Mr jones wanted to be married [01:15.07] [01:15.69]It seemed like such a cute thing at the time [01:18.16] [01:19.00]Two peas in a pod two of a kind [01:22.39]Who never have to ask each other [01:24.49]"what's on your mind " [01:26.21] [01:27.18]It seemed a simple way to make them happy [01:29.78] [01:30.41]And happy is such a simple way to be [01:33.32]And if the kept to themselves [01:34.95]Like two books upon a shelf [01:36.70]The kind you judge by the cover [01:38.20]And never take the time to read [01:40.03]Lock him up and throw away the key boys [01:43.73]Mr jones is not like you or me [01:46.94]Luck him up tight [01:48.08]Cause if he had the chance he might [01:50.19]Show us that we're wrong [01:51.41]And that's the one thing we can't be [01:53.46]Oh no [01:57.25] [02:07.43]Mr jones and mrs jones we're elated to inform you [02:13.66]Though you've failed to meet the standards [02:16.99]We've a place where we'll reform you [02:19.79] [02:20.79]It's a ways outside of town [02:23.62] [02:24.23]But the distance has its uses [02:26.78] [02:27.66]Close enough to make the effort [02:30.47] [02:31.04]Far enough to make excuses [02:34.10]Lock him up and throw away the key boys [02:37.13]Mr jones is not like you or me [02:40.39]Luck him up tight [02:41.49]Cause if he had the chance he might [02:43.71]Show us that we're wrong [02:44.92]And that's the one thing we can't be [02:46.96]Oh no [02:48.72] [02:53.72]Mrs jones wants to have a baby [02:56.02] [02:56.63]She says that as a woman its her right [02:59.16] [02:59.95]Yes we tried to tell her i guess that she forgot [03:03.21]When she and mr jones were wed [03:04.78]The doctors tied the knot [03:06.74] [03:08.02]Why can't she just be happy in her own world [03:10.69] [03:11.33]Then we could all be happy here in ours [03:13.64] [03:14.19]We could still help out [03:15.65] [03:16.32]Even go as far as to stop off [03:18.55]At teh safeway and drop some pennies in the jar [03:21.25]Lock her up and throw away the key boys [03:24.61]Mrs jones is not like you or me [03:27.79]Luck him up tight [03:29.03]Cause if she had the chance she might [03:31.12]Show us that we're wrong [03:32.26]And that's the one thing we can't be [03:34.08]Lock them up and throw away the key boys [03:37.52]The joneses are not like you or me [03:40.79]Luck them up tight [03:41.99]Cause if they had the chance they might [03:44.13]Show us that we're wrong [03:45.32]And that's the one thing we can't be [03:47.26]Oh no