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 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  luck 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  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's on your mind?"  it seemed a simple way to make them happy  and happy is such a simple way to be  and if the kept to themselves  like two books upon a shelf  the kind you judge by the cover  and never take the time to read  lock him up and throw away the key boys  mr. jones is not like you or me  luck 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  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 him up and throw away the key boys  mr. jones is not like you or me  luck 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  mrs. jones wants to have a baby  she says that as a woman its her right  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 teh safeway, and drop some pennies in the jar  lock her up and throw away the key boys  mrs. jones is not like you or me  luck him 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  lock them up and throw away the key boys  the joneses are not like you or me  luck them 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