Puttin’ Up With The Joneses - Spirit of the West

Puttin' Up With The Joneses - Spirit of the West
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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
更别提给予他们展示的舞台
Lock him up and throw away the key boys
把他关起来 钥匙扔掉吧伙计们
Mr jones is not like you or me
琼斯先生与你我截然不同
Luck him up tight
牢牢锁住他
Cause if he had the chance he might
因为若有机会他或许会
Show us that we're wrong
证明我们的错误
And that's the one thing we can't be
而这正是我们最不能接受的
Oh no
噢 不
Mr jones wanted to be married
琼斯先生渴望婚姻
It seemed like such a cute thing at the time
当时看来多么美好
Two peas in a pod two of a kind
如豆荚里的两颗豌豆 天生一对
Who never have to ask each other
永远无需询问对方
"what's on your mind "
"你在想什么"
It seemed a simple way to make them happy
这似乎是让他们快乐的简单方式
And happy is such a simple way to be
而快乐本就是如此简单
And if the kept to themselves
若他们独善其身
Like two books upon a shelf
如架上尘封的书本
The kind you judge by the cover
世人仅凭封面妄断
And never take the time to read
却从未愿细读内文
Lock him up and throw away the key boys
把他关起来 钥匙扔掉吧伙计们
Mr jones is not like you or me
琼斯先生与你我截然不同
Luck him up tight
牢牢锁住他
Cause if he had the chance he might
因为若有机会他或许会
Show us that we're wrong
证明我们的错误
And that's the one thing we can't be
而这正是我们最不能接受的
Oh no
噢 不
Mr jones and mrs jones we're elated to inform you
琼斯先生与夫人 我们很荣幸通知您
Though you've failed to meet the standards
虽然您未能达到标准
We've a place where we'll reform you
但我们准备了改造您的地方
It's a ways outside of town
就在城郊不远处
But the distance has its uses
距离恰能发挥它的作用
Close enough to make the effort
近在咫尺却要刻意疏远
Far enough to make excuses
远若天涯才好编织借口
Lock him up and throw away the key boys
把他关起来 钥匙扔掉吧伙计们
Mr jones is not like you or me
琼斯先生与你我截然不同
Luck him up tight
牢牢锁住他
Cause if he had the chance he might
因为若有机会他或许会
Show us that we're wrong
证明我们的错误
And that's the one thing we can't be
而这正是我们最不能接受的
Oh no
噢 不
Mrs jones wants to have a baby
琼斯太太渴望拥有一个孩子
She says that as a woman its her right
她说作为女人这是她的权利
Yes we tried to tell her i guess that she forgot
是的我们试图告诉她 想必她已忘记
When she and mr jones were wed
当她与琼斯先生结婚时
The doctors tied the knot
医生们已做了结扎手术
Why can't she just be happy in her own world
为何她不能在自己的世界里安分
Then we could all be happy here in ours
这样我们都能在自己的天地里快乐
We could still help out
我们仍能伸出援手
Even go as far as to stop off
甚至驻足停留
At teh safeway and drop some pennies in the jar
在超市的募捐罐前 投下几枚硬币
Lock her up and throw away the key boys
把她关起来 钥匙扔掉吧伙计们
Mrs jones is not like you or me
琼斯夫人与你我截然不同
Luck him up tight
牢牢锁住他
Cause if she had the chance she might
因为她若有机会 或许会
Show us that we're wrong
证明我们的错误
And that's the one thing we can't be
而这正是我们最不能接受的
Lock them up and throw away the key boys
把他们关起来钥匙丢掉吧伙计们
The joneses are not like you or me
琼斯一家与咱们截然不同
Luck them up tight
牢牢锁住他们
Cause if they had the chance they might
否则若有机会他们或许会
Show us that we're wrong
证明我们的错误
And that's the one thing we can't be
而这正是我们最不能接受的
Oh no
噢 不