James McDurbin, James McDurbin

Left the city and went suburban

Read the ads and made the rounds

Until he found a House with Grounds.

Had a car port, landscaped too

With patio and barbecue

Plus picture window so his wife

Could watch her neighbor's blameless life.

James McDurbin, James McDurbin

Settled down to the life suburban

Kissed his wife good-bye each day

(Obscurely glad to get away).

Braced himself when work was through

With a soothing glass of beer or two.

Checked the street names as he drove

Joy and MIrth and Happiness Grove.

Fourth block in and third house down

Nicely styled in cream and brown.

Came the night when James McDurbin

Headed home to be suburban.

Whistling a dreary tune

He turned his car one street too soon.

Third block in, fourth house down

In a foggy two beer dream

He found a house in brown and cream

And Thomas Meak not far away.

Thought of the blonde he'd kissed that day,

Passed his corner and took the next

James McDurbin, slightly vexed

Because the chairs were re-arranged

Ate his meal, went up and changed,

Yelled at the kids - sat down to see

His favorite western on Meek's TV.

No scandal here; don't miscontrue it

James McDurbin never knew it.

Buy your choice and spacious lot

Take possession on the spot

Fifty by one hundred feet

Facing on a brand new street

Joy Road, Mirth Road, Merry Lane

March across the blank terrain

Spewing forth row after row

Of Happi Homes to Make You Glow.