[ti:The Young New Mexican Puppeteer] [ar:Tom Jones] [al:The Definitive Tom Jones 1964-2002] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Young New Mexican Puppeteer - Tom Jones [00:07.88]In a town near Albequerqe [00:13.52]Lived a most concerned [00:15.62]Young boy [00:19.16]He said lately I have noticed [00:24.69]Folks don't live with [00:26.00]Peace and joy [00:29.90]With frowns and worry [00:31.84]In their faces [00:35.46]They're lost and don't [00:36.66]Know where to go [00:41.00]He said I'll get the [00:42.75]People straightened [00:46.44]By putting on a puppet show [00:51.48]The young New Mexican [00:53.06]Puppeteer [00:54.24]He saw the people all [00:55.57]Lived in fear [00:56.80]He thought that maybe [00:57.99]They'd listen to [00:59.52]A puppet telling them what to do [01:02.03]You know he got some string [01:03.55]And he got some wood [01:05.00]He did some carving [01:06.07]And he was good [01:07.65]And folks came running [01:08.87]So they could hear [01:10.41]The young New [01:11.31]Mexican puppeteer [01:22.60]First he carved out [01:23.79]Young Abe Lincoln [01:27.92]Abe will teach 'em civil rights [01:33.47]Then a king named [01:34.67]Martin Luther [01:38.55]So they'd recall [01:39.95]His peacefull fight [01:44.39]Old Mark Twain [01:45.82]His wit and wisdom [01:49.54]Will surely show [01:50.75]Them life is fun [01:55.41]But he smiled with [01:56.93]Satisfaction [02:00.83]When the prince [02:01.95]Of peace was done [02:05.59]The young New [02:06.65]Mexican puppeteer [02:08.34]He saw the people [02:09.62]All lived in fear [02:11.08]He thought that [02:11.79]Maybe they'd listen to [02:13.77]A puppet telling [02:14.88]Them what to do [02:16.32]You know he got some [02:17.39]String and he got [02:18.50]Some wood [02:19.48]He did some carving [02:20.55]And he was good [02:21.97]And folks came [02:22.69]Running so they could hear [02:24.60]The young New [02:25.40]Mexican puppeteer [02:37.14]Now his puppet [02:38.15]Shows were clever [02:42.53]And he made the [02:43.83]People laugh [02:47.89]When he got [02:49.04]Across the message [02:53.57]To walk along lifes [02:55.14]Open path [02:58.87]They built him his [03:00.14]Own puppet theatre [03:04.06]Decked out with [03:05.24]Spotlights yellow and red [03:09.76]And then they wrote him [03:11.51]Up in all the papers [03:15.11]And this is what the story said [03:19.50]It said [03:20.02]The young New [03:20.64]Mexican puppeteer [03:22.60]He saw the people [03:23.63]All lived in fear [03:25.16]He thought that maybe [03:26.25]They would listen to [03:27.88]A puppet telling [03:28.93]Them what to do [03:30.31]You know he got some [03:31.35]String and he got [03:32.41]Some wood [03:33.28]He did some carving [03:34.48]And he was good [03:35.95]And folks came running [03:37.03]So they could hear [03:38.57]The young New Mexican [03:39.77]Puppeteer The young [03:41.74]New Mexican puppeteer [03:43.87]He saw the people [03:45.05]All lived in fear [03:46.68]He thought that maybe [03:47.76]They would listen to [03:49.29]A puppet telling them [03:50.71]What to do [03:51.77]You know he got some [03:52.99]String and he got some wood [03:54.66]He did some carving [03:55.88]And he was good [03:57.19]And folks came running [03:58.54]So they could hear [03:59.91]The young New Mexican [04:01.25]Puppeteer wo oh yeah