Remember last year
burn it with a blow torch
I watch the day go by
sitting on my front porch
from my front porch
I see you pass by
don't really mind much
cause there's a reason why
we gotta stay home
our hatches battened
won't re-emerge until
the curve is flattened so I
don't go into town
just out my front door
we don't go anywhere
unless we're shopping for
essential business
essential business
put your mask on
keep your distance
not gonna leave my house
till maybe late july
I paint my living room
and then I watch it dry
I'm on my own time
wearing out my drum sticks
I'll trade you passwords
hulu for netflix
I'm making dinner
I'm cooking rice and beans
I'm doing tik toks
don't know what that means
I'm trying to settle in
could be a long haul
I don't think that I can take
another zoom call
essential business
essential business
you've got to build up
your resistance
essential business
essential business
put your mask on
and keep your distance
I try to stay in shape
and do my exercise
I'm saving calories
goodbye to french fries
goodbye to good old days
goodbye to coffee shops
goodbye to hit parades
and knowing where the buck stops
the shops are empty
main street's a ghost town
it feels just like the
titanic going down
can't watch the news for long
it's getting too strange
I think I'm out of touch
let's do a key change
essential business
essential business
you've got to build up
your resistance
keep your distance
essential business
essential business
put your mask on
and keep your distance
essential business
essential business
(get what you need for your existence)
essential business
essential business
put your mask on
and keep your distance
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