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Puttin' Up With The Joneses Lyrics
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 made 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
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 never have to ask each other, "What is 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 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
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, oh ho
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 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 no no
Oh no, oh no
Oh no, oh no no no
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 made a child of its to be
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
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
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 is on your mind?"
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
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
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
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
She says that as a woman it's her right, oh ho
Yes we tried to tell her
I guess that she forgot
When she and Mr. Jones were wed the doctors tied the knot
Then we could 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
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
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
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Submitted by
wrat On Jul 22, 2007
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This seems to be about the segregation of adults with developmental disabilities (or whatever term you prefer).
Eugenics was once a powerful influence on society. It was responsible for human rights abuses such as sterilization of people with low IQ scores and making generalizations based on ethnicity about IQ. Also probably the reason why jobs that require a college efucation are high status and high paying. It was an influence that motivated the nazis and good people do not wish to murder large groups of people for low IQ or illnesses. The Joneses are excluded from society. Society regards them as too stupid to be allowed to have kids and a burden on society worth maybe a penny donation if you need to feel charitable. This is the ugly abusive aspect of eugenics and social darwinism.