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Little Boxes | Poem

 
 
 
 

LITTLE BOXES 

written by Malvina Reynolds 

Chorus:

Little boxes on the hillside 
LIttle boxes made of ticky-tacky 
LIttle boxes on the hillside 
Little boxes all the same 

There's a pink on and a blue one 
And a green one and a yellow one 
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky 
And they all look just the same

Verse 1:
And the people in the boxes 
All went to the university 
Where they all got put in boxes, 
Little boxes all the same. 
And they're doctors and they're lawyers 
And business executives 
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky 
And they all look just the same
Chorus 

Verse 2:

And they all play on the golf course 
And they drink their martini dry 
And they all have pretty children 
And the children go to school 
And the children go to summer camp 
And then to the university 
And they all get put in boxes 
And they all come out the same
Chorus 

Verse 3: (by Jodey Bateman)

Politicians, politicians 
Politicans making promises 
Politicians, politicians 
Politicians all the same 
There's republicans and there's democrats 
And there's liberals and conservatives 
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky 
And they all sound just the same.
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