Tom Jones – The Young New Mexican Puppeteer (Guitar)

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In a town near Albuquerque

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Lived a most concerned young boy

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He said lately I have noticed

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Folks don't live with peace and joy

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With frowns and worry on their faces

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They're lost and don't know where to go

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He said I'll get the people straightened

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By putting on a puppet show

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The young New Mexican puppeteer

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He saw the people all lived in fear

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He thought that maybe they'd listen to

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A puppet telling them what to do

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You know he got some string and he got some wood

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He did some carving and he was good

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And folks came running so they could hear

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The young New Mexican puppeteer

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First he carved out young Abe Lincoln

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Abe will teach 'em civil rights

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Then a King named Martin Luther

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So they'd recall his peaceful fight

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Old Mark Twain, his wit and wisdom

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Will surely show them life is fun

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But he smiled with satisfaction

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When the Prince of Peace was done

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The young New Mexican puppeteer

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He saw the people all lived in fear

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He thought that maybe they'd listen to

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A puppet telling them what to do

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You know he got some string and he got some wood

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He did some carving and he was good

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And folks came running so they could hear

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The young New Mexican puppeteer

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Now his puppet shows were clever

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And he made the people laugh

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When he got across the message

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To walk along life's open path

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They built him his own puppet theatre

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Decked out with spotlights yellow and red

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And then they wrote him up in all the papers

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And this is what the story said

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The young New Mexican puppeteer

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He saw the people all lived in fear

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He thought that maybe they would listen to

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A puppet telling them what to do

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You know he got some string and he got some wood

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He did some carving and he was good

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And folks came running so they could hear

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The young New Mexican puppeteer