Clarissa Jones (LP Version)-Tom Paxton

[ti:Clarissa Jones] [ar:Tom Paxton] [al:Morning Again] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Clarissa Jones (LP Version) - Tom Paxton [00:10.31]Clarissa Jones got bit on the heel [00:12.29]By a rat and she hit it with a broom [00:14.03] [00:14.70]He ran to the corner and stood there grinning [00:17.06]Like he owned the god damn room [00:18.39] [00:19.68]Clarissa Jones threw an iron at the rat [00:21.88]And the rat just seemed to say Fine [00:23.52] [00:24.46]He twitched his tail in the corner and said [00:26.52]You've got to go to sleep sometime [00:28.74] [00:39.01]Clarissa Jones's kid aged 16 hated his heavy old shoes [00:42.60] [00:43.52]He wanted fine strides like the studs on the street [00:46.04]And they'd know he'd been paying his dues [00:47.34] [00:48.48]Clarissa Jones's kid got busted [00:50.52]She was three days gettin' the news [00:52.07] [00:53.19]They gave him a meal [00:54.28]A shower and a uniform [00:55.71]And two old heavy shoes [00:57.07] [00:57.61]Clarissa Jones where are you going [00:59.53] [01:00.16]It's cold and the wind is blowing through your bones [01:03.97] [01:05.12]And where where [01:06.45]Where is your man Clarissa Jones [01:11.23] [01:24.33]Clarissa Jones carried bedpans [01:26.06]Swept up changed sheets and mopped the halls [01:27.64] [01:28.51]The doctors said she was a very good worker [01:31.26]Clarissa Jones knew them all [01:32.49] [01:33.30]Now Clarissa Jones sits in her window [01:35.47]With her paper reading [01:36.26]How they burned the next street flat [01:37.32] [01:38.19]She's reading about the trouble [01:39.66]She ought to write a letter saying [01:41.00]Hey it never happened like that [01:42.61]Clarissa Jones where are you going [01:44.61] [01:45.24]It's cold and the wind is blowing through your bones [01:48.87] [01:49.99]And where where where is your man Clarissa Jones [01:56.18] [02:09.40]Mr William Hawkins rose early [02:10.96]Shaved dressed carefully and drank his tea [02:12.87] [02:14.19]He hit the desk at nine [02:15.63]Thanks to the Board of Opportunity [02:17.25] [02:18.59]On his very first day [02:19.80]This boss went to great lengths [02:21.33]To make him feel at home [02:22.46] [02:23.37]And his first assignment [02:24.79]Was a disposses on Miss Clarissa Jones [02:27.34] [02:28.01]Clarissa Jones where are you going [02:29.88] [02:30.51]It's cold and the wind is blowing through your bones [02:34.89] [02:35.60]And where where where is your man Clarissa Jones [02:41.94] [02:42.97]Ah where where where is your man Clarissa Jones