Tom Paxton - Clarissa Jones lyrics
[Tom Paxton - Clarissa Jones lyrics]
Clarissa Jones got bit on the heel by a
Rat and she hit it with a broom
He ran to the corner and stood there grinning
Like he owned the god damn' room
Clarissa Jones threw an iron at the rat
And the rat just seemed to say, "Fine"
He twitched his tail in the corner and said
"You've got to go to sleep sometime"
Clarissa Jones's kid aged 16 hated
His heavy old shoes
He wanted fine strides like the
Studs on the street
And they'd know he'd been paying his dues
Clarissa Jones's kid got busted
She was three days gettin' the news
They gave him a meal, a shower and a uniform
And two old heavy shoes
(CHO:) clarissa Jones where are you going
It's cold and the wind is
Blowing through your bones
And where, where, where is your man
Clarissa Jones?
Clarissa Jones carried bedpans, swept up
Changed sheets and mopped the halls
The doctors said she was a very good worker
Clarissa Jones knew them all
Now Clarissa Jones sit's in her
Window with her paper
Reading how they burned the next street flat
She's reading about the trouble she ought
To write a letter saying "Hey
It never happened like that"
(CHO:) clarissa Jones where are you going
It's cold and the wind is
Blowing through your bones
And where, where, where is your man
Clarissa Jones?
Mr william Hawkins rose early, shaved
Dressed carefully and drank his tea
He hit the desk at nine thanks
To the Board of Opportunity
On his very first day this boss went to
Great lengths to make him feel at home
And his first assignment was a
Disposses on Miss Clarissa Jones
(CHO:) clarissa Jones where are you going
It's cold and the wind is
Blowing through your bones
And where, where, where is your man
Clarissa Jones?
Ah where, where, where is your man
Clarissa Jones?
Rat and she hit it with a broom
He ran to the corner and stood there grinning
Like he owned the god damn' room
Clarissa Jones threw an iron at the rat
And the rat just seemed to say, "Fine"
He twitched his tail in the corner and said
"You've got to go to sleep sometime"
Clarissa Jones's kid aged 16 hated
His heavy old shoes
He wanted fine strides like the
Studs on the street
And they'd know he'd been paying his dues
Clarissa Jones's kid got busted
She was three days gettin' the news
They gave him a meal, a shower and a uniform
And two old heavy shoes
(CHO:) clarissa Jones where are you going
It's cold and the wind is
Blowing through your bones
And where, where, where is your man
Clarissa Jones?
Clarissa Jones carried bedpans, swept up
Changed sheets and mopped the halls
The doctors said she was a very good worker
Clarissa Jones knew them all
Now Clarissa Jones sit's in her
Window with her paper
Reading how they burned the next street flat
She's reading about the trouble she ought
To write a letter saying "Hey
It never happened like that"
(CHO:) clarissa Jones where are you going
It's cold and the wind is
Blowing through your bones
And where, where, where is your man
Clarissa Jones?
Mr william Hawkins rose early, shaved
Dressed carefully and drank his tea
He hit the desk at nine thanks
To the Board of Opportunity
On his very first day this boss went to
Great lengths to make him feel at home
And his first assignment was a
Disposses on Miss Clarissa Jones
(CHO:) clarissa Jones where are you going
It's cold and the wind is
Blowing through your bones
And where, where, where is your man
Clarissa Jones?
Ah where, where, where is your man
Clarissa Jones?