Little Boxes

[greendog]

by Malvina Reynolds

1. Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky,
Little boxes, little boxes,
Little boxes, all the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same.

2. And the people in the houses
All go to the university,
And they all get put in boxes,
Little boxes, all the same.
And there's doctors and there's lawyers
And business executives,
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same.

3. And they all play on the golf-course,
And 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.

4. And the boys go into business,
And marry, and raise a family,
And they all get put in boxes,
Little boxes, all the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same.

[KitchenWitch]

1. I love that song

I am bookmarking this thread!

[tsakshaug]

2. All these years

I thought Pete Seeger wrote it. I was wrong.
The song goes throgh my head when I drive past a housing development

[greendog]

4. Me too...

...I first heard it on his album "We Shall Overcome" when I bought it back in the late '70's. I haven't actually heard the song for many years but, being a "perfect" folksong, it'll exist in the jukebox of my brain till the day i die. :)

[BigMcLargehuge]

3. I LOVE THAT SONG!!!!

You, my friend, just made my day