tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359267770736374599.post3423276167979232346..comments2023-10-29T00:36:32.865-07:00Comments on Reading Ahead: Keeping Up With Your JonesesHarold Augenbraumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036970003727836884noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359267770736374599.post-64415481901193431902008-07-29T14:25:00.000-07:002008-07-29T14:25:00.000-07:00(Putting Up With) The Joneses ~ Spirit Of The West...(Putting Up With) <B>The Joneses</B> ~ <A HREF="http://www.sotw.ca/" REL="nofollow">Spirit Of The West</A><BR/><I>mr. jones has a little problem<BR/>if i had eyes i'd see that it was me<BR/>he's the size of a man with the potential of a boy<BR/>not what god had meant a child of its to be<BR/>i'm afraid that he'll amount to all of nothing<BR/>the joy of reading Yeats he'll never know<BR/>and in the rat race twirl<BR/>of our computer guided world<BR/>he stands no chance of winning<BR/>let alone to place or show so<BR/>lock him up and throw away the key boys<BR/>mr. jones is not like you or me<BR/>luck him up tight<BR/>cause if he had the chance he might<BR/>show us that we're wrong<BR/>and that's the one thing we can't be<BR/>oh no<BR/>mr. jones wanted to be married<BR/>it seemed like such a cute thing at the time<BR/>two peas in a pod, two of a kind<BR/>who never have to ask each other<BR/>"what's on your mind?"<BR/>it seemed a simple way to make them happy<BR/>and happy is such a simple way to be<BR/>and if the kept to themselves<BR/>like two books upon a shelf<BR/>the kind you judge by the cover<BR/>and never take the time to read<BR/>lock him up and throw away the key boys<BR/>mr. jones is not like you or me<BR/>luck him up tight<BR/>cause if he had the chance he might<BR/>show us that we're wrong<BR/>and that's the one thing we can't be<BR/>oh no<BR/>mr. jones and mrs. jones we're elated to inform you<BR/>though you've failed to meet the standards<BR/>we've a place where we'll reform you<BR/>it's a ways outside of town<BR/>but the distance has its uses<BR/>close enough to make the effort<BR/>far enough to make excuses<BR/>lock him up and throw away the key boys<BR/>mr. jones is not like you or me<BR/>luck him up tight<BR/>cause if he had the chance he might<BR/>show us that we're wrong<BR/>and that's the one thing we can't be<BR/>oh no<BR/>mrs. jones wants to have a baby<BR/>she says that as a woman its her right<BR/>yes we tried to tell her i guess that she forgot<BR/>when she and mr. jones were wed<BR/>the doctors tied the knot<BR/>why can't she just be happy in her own world<BR/>then we could all be happy here in ours<BR/>we could still help out<BR/>even go as far as to stop off<BR/>at teh safeway, and drop some pennies in the jar<BR/>lock her up and throw away the key boys<BR/>mrs. jones is not like you or me<BR/>luck him up tight<BR/>cause if she had the chance she might<BR/>show us that we're wrong<BR/>and that's the one thing we can't be<BR/>lock them up and throw away the key boys<BR/>the joneses are not like you or me<BR/>luck them up tight<BR/>cause if they had the chance they might<BR/>show us that we're wrong<BR/>and that's the one thing we can't be<BR/>oh no </I><BR/><BR/>┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄<BR/><B>BlueBerry Pick'n</B><BR/>can be found @<BR/><A HREF="http://www.ThisCanadian.com" REL="nofollow">ThisCanadian</A><BR/>┄┄<BR/>"<I> ... tolerance of intolerance is cowardice... </I>" ~ Ayaan Hirsi Ali.<BR/>"<I>We, two, form a Multitude</I>" ~ Ovid.<BR/>┄┄<BR/>"<I>Silent Freedom is Freedom Silenced</I>"<BR/>┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄BlueBerry Pick'nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193959149158749570noreply@blogger.com