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Oh no (Oh no) Oh no (Oh no, no, no) |
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Oh no (Oh no) Oh no (Oh no, no, no) |
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Mr. Jones has a little problem |
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If I had eyes I'd see that it was me |
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He's the size of a man with the potential of a boy |
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Not what god had meant a child of it's to be |
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I'm afraid that he'll amount to all of nothing |
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The joy of reading Yeats he'll never know |
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And In the rat race twirl |
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Of our computer guided world |
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He stands no chance of winning |
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Let alone to place a show so... |
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Lock him up and throw away the key boys |
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Mr. Jones is not like you or me |
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Lock him up tight cause if he had the chance he might |
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Show us that we're wrong and that's the one thing we can't be |
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Oh no (Oh no) Oh no (Oh no, no, no) |
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Mr. Jones wanted to be married |
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It seemed like such a cute thing at the time |
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Two peas in a pod, two of a kind |
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Who'd never have to ask each other: |
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"What is on your mind?" ('What's on your mind') |
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It seemed a simple way to make them happy |
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And happy's such a simple way to be |
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And if they kept to themselves like two books upon a shelf |
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The kind you judge by the cover |
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And never take the time to read |
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So lock 'em up and throw away the key boys |
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The Joneses they're not like you or me |
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Lock 'em up tight cause of they had the chance they might |
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Show us that we're wrong and that's the one thing we can't be |
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Oh no... |
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Mr. Jones and Mrs. Jones we're elated to inform you |
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Though you've failed to meet the standards |
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We've a place where we'll reform you |
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It's a ways outside of town |
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But the distance has its uses |
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Close enough to make the effort |
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Far enough to make excuses |
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Lock 'em up and throw away the key boys |
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The Joneses they're not like you or me |
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Lock 'em up tight cause if they had the chance they might |
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Show us that we're wrong and that's the one thing we can't be |
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Oh no (Oh no) Oh no (Oh no, no, no) |
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Mrs. Jones wants to have a baby |
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She says that as a woman it's her right |
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Yes we tried to tell her I guess that she forgot |
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When she and Mr. Jones were wed |
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The doctor's tied the knot |
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Why can't she just be happy in her own world |
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Then we can all be happy here in ours |
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We could still help out, even go as far |
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As to stop off at the Safeway, drop some pennies in the jar so... |
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Lock her up and throw away the key boys |
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Mrs. Jones is not like you or me |
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Lock her up tight cause if she had the chance she might |
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Show us that we're wrong and that's the one thing we can't be so |
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Lock 'em up and throw away the key boys |
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The Joneses they're not like you or me |
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Lock 'em up tight cause if they had the chance they might |
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Show us that we're wrong and that's the one thing we can't be |
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Oh no (Oh no) Oh no (Oh no, no, no)Oh no (Oh no) Oh no (Oh no, no, no) heeyyyyyy |