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Corona
03:27
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3-15-2020 Sunday 2:30pm. 8:45pm; 3-16-20 key of D
CORONA - we wondered how the world would change
CORONA - by eating bats and pangolins?
our diet made us lose our breath
then global travel spread the death, CORONA
CORONA - you cleverly just killed the old
CORONA - you did your job; we got their gold
there's so much wealth for everyone
there's much more land under the sun, CORONA
CHORUS:
You made the world a better place
By thinning out the human race,
you killed the old and in the way
New happiness is here to stay, CORONA. (Extension)
CORONA - the animals are happier
CORONA - so many humans… gone away
The water’s clear, the skies are blue
New paradise is yours to view, CORONA
CORONAS - we call you now, our lucky stars
CORONA - we stay at home and pass the hours
we live our life in ivory towers
And now we're glad, ‘cuz WE’VE GOT OURS! CORONA
CHORUS:
You made the world a better place
By thinning out the human race,
you killed the old and in the way
New paradise is here to stay, CORONA, CORONA, CORONA, CORONA
(D-G-E-A)
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2. |
Stir Crazy
03:21
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STIR CRAZY 4-4-2020 1am
old-time rock’n’roll piano key of C
(e-flat) Once upon a time Not so long ago
Things were not so bad We just didn’t know What we had No! We didn’t Know What We Had! (What we Had!)
(slow) If we’d known.. what we know now We’d have done a million things more
that were bad!
(G) We were livin’ life Tryin’ to avoid strife Gettin’ somethin done BUT, Just Not Enough!
REMEMBER! Try to get somethin’ DONE —
(fast) Life can be rough but you gotta get your projects DONE —
Watching people live On TV Seems a waste of Time If you Ask Me
Start Livin’ Livin A Life of Your Own
Start a-Movin’ and a Groovin and a-Makin’ Somethin’ That’s Your OWN —
Shoulda had that girl Shoulda had that whirl Shoulda done This Shoulda done THAT STIR CRAZY Get Movin’
Life is not a joke but it sure plays tricks on YOU!
(staccato) If you find somebody That you like don’t let life pass you by Get Movin! Get Movin!—
You gotta grab life by the balls and live like there’s no today
(E-flat) All the things you’ve done All the games you won All the things you made Just ain’t enough Get Movin’! Get Movin’!
Just grab life by the balls and live like there’s no today
(ramp up to pause)
(Get Movin’!) Get Movin’! —
Grab life by the balls and live like there’s no today
(soft, E-flat, fast) Once upon a time Not so long ago
Things were not so bad We just didn’t know What we had No! What we had!
If we’d known what we know now We’d have done a million things more that were bad!
(E) We were livin’ life (D) Tryin’ to avoid strife (E-flat) Gettin’ somethin’ done BUT, Just Not Enough!
Remember! Try to get somethin’ DONE —
(slow) Life can be rough but you gotta get your projects DONE —
You Never, Never Get Enough DONE
Goin Til the cows come home
Go Crazy! Get somethin’ done of your OWN
STIR CRAZY!
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3. |
Let's Go Walking
02:43
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Let's Go Walking (I Wish!!!)
a-g-e-b (descending), INTRO: F#
lyrics
Let's Go Walking In the Sun
Let's Go Slow Just for fun
Look around Hear the sound
Of Na-ature It abounds
If the breeze moves the LEAVES
Then let's wander toward the trees
If the rain shows and the wind blows
We'll Find shelter
CHORUS
Life is simple life is fun
It's a miracle to be alive
It's amazing that you're here
And that I found you
You're a treasure so dear
Let's go forward in the haze
Walk together through life's maze
Take a gamble on romance
It all happens out of chance
If we're lucky we'll be free
To make some history
If we're lucky we'll stay together
Find some shelter, forever
CHORUS
Life is simple life is dear
It's a miracle that you're NEAR
It's amazing we're both here
And that I found you
You're a treasure so dear
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4. |
I Love That Cat
03:16
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E-flat
I have a cat / she’s never wrong
She’s always right / She’s always strong
She sleeps all day / she loves the sun-un
And then she eats / and has some fun-un
I have a cat / her fur is gray
she likes to run / she likes to play
but best of all / she likes to rest
she likes to dream / she does it best
CHORUS B-flat
I love that cat / she loves me back
I stroke her fur / to hear her purr
She’d love to leap / and catch a bird
But she stays home / in her own world
And now she’s old / so I’ve been told
but she’s still fierce / she stands her ground
If you’re not me / don’t get too close
She’s just herself / What could be worse?
CHORUS B-flat
I love that cat / she loves me back
I stroke her fur / to hear her purr
She’d love to leap / and catch a bird
But she stays home / And rules her world
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5. |
All You Ever Wanted
02:41
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All You Ever Wanted 4-24-2020
The world is all delusion
So full of truth and lies
The world is solid confusion
But love keeps you alive
(low) You’ll find that life is fleeting
What’s true is in disguise
Maybe laughter will show you
Some love that’s just before your eyes
CHORUS
You’ll see you always wanted
Things you can never find
Perhaps what you always needed
Is Love you left behind
It’s tragic but it’s real
When Love you Just Cannot Find
It’s magic and surreal
When suddenly love’s before your eyes
(low) It’s all you ever wanted
It’s all you’ll ever need
It’s time to Pay the Piper
And finish up the deed
CHORUS
You’ll see you always wanted
Things you could never find
Maybe what you always needed
Was a Love you left behind (so grab it!)
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6. |
Boomer Remover
02:57
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BOOMER REMOVER (C, blues, very low, growly vocals)
3-29-2020 noon
Maybe Corona’s a Negative Trend
I’m young and mad / I got no friend
I got no money / I got no honey
My future’s grim: / Is it A Dead End?
BOOMER REMOVER
I don’t like people / they don’t like me
I got no skills / school HATED me
I’d like to have a load of BLING
But I don’t Rap / No Future For Me
BOOMER REMOVER
Don’t wanna be a computer nerd
Don’t wanna join the techie herd
I got no money / but plenty of time
My only future’s / a life of crime
BOOMER REMOVER
Maybe Corona is my friend
I’m young and strong / I won’t get dead
I’ll wipe that virus / more and more
On all the goods / in every store
BOOMER REMOVER
So what I do is - everywhere
I wipe my hands on any ole thing
I touch the produce / makes me SING!
I touch the surface of everything
BOOMER REMOVER
Now life is fun / My goal is: FREE!
I thumb my nose / at the bourgeosie
I laugh and dance / at every store
I wanna do this forevermore
BOOMER REMOVER
Well finally / they got wise to me
The cameras all caught up to me
My picture’s everywhere / I’m dope
I’m famous now / but I got no hope
BOOMER REMOVER (fade out ending)
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7. |
Let's All Stay Home
02:43
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LET’S ALL STAY HOME D 130pm 3-23-2020
(end rousing, like Sound of Music!)
verse
We Stay At Home/ We Have No Boss, We Work Alone
We work like drones/ addicted to our phones
We’re always home / at least the cat seems happier
We stay at home and slowly Find out who we are
It’s time to think, and let Desire Guide you
It’s time to dream; invent a better world
It’s time to scheme, to write out what we’re hoping for
It’s Time to Make a Plan To Make a Better World
CHORUS (rousing, group vocals)
LET’S ALL STAY HOME / To make the world a safer place
LET’S ALL STAY HOME / And search for Lucky Stars
LET’S ALL STAY HOME / There’s so much New to Learn About
LET’S ALL STAY HOME And Slowly / Find Out What We Are
verse
There’s much to know / And time to find out what it is
There’s so much Joy / Within, we never Knew
So many words / to craft a million fantasies
We’ll Stay at Home… / To Find Out What… Is True
CHORUS
LET’S ALL STAY HOME / To make the world a better place
LET’S ALL STAY HOME / To Make A Better World
LET’S ALL STAT HOME / And Dream What We’re All Hoping For
LET’S ALL STAY HOME / And Make Our Dreams Come True
LET’S MAKE A WORLD WE LIKE / For Me… And For You!
LET’S MAKE A WORLD WE LIKE / For You, And Everyone!
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8. |
Memories
03:02
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FAVORITE MEMORIES 4-13-2020 340am
1)
Let’s all / remember / our favorite memories
Now we’ve got / time / let our minds / roam free
Let’s all / remember / the times / we were “bad”
Let’s not / forget them / Now THAT / would be sad
Often / our best times / were never / really planned
Sometimes at / a beach / a place with / desert sand?
Or we / found some trees / with no one / passing by
We did what / people do when / left alone / to smile
CHORUS
Now’s the time to recall tranquilly
Favorite moments that we lived just you and me
2)
We used to / roam / the world / sometimes we’d see
places that you dream of / with amazing beauty
Ludwig’s Castles / The Grand Tivoli
The buildings of Gaudi / brought great ecstasy
We tried / to know / THE books and films to see
Experience / great art and / sample / great cuisine
We walked through / great architecture / cities we adore
We saw Paris / and London / and Tokyo / and more
CHORUS
Now’s the time for favorite memories
Precious moments that we lived just you and me
3)
There’s so much beauty still / left / to see
It’s all we can do is research mystery
There’s so much to know before we rest
Like, HOW did you meet the one you love best?
Life is going faster — life’s just not for show
We hope for deeper meanings that some day we’ll know
We hope our best friends will last for awhile
Will we laugh / and joke? will we / all smile?
CHORUS
Now’s the time for favorite memories
Precious moments that we lived just you and me
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We used to roam the world / sometimes we would meet
A person here or there who seemed rather sweet
They might not speak your language but did it matter? No!
Sometimes you might have to take the plunge and go!
Now’s the time to recall favorite memories
We’ve got the time, and place, to let our minds roam free
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9. |
Costco
03:03
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SONG FOR COSTCO (G) 3-29-2020 915pm
plus 2 days earlier trying to write!
(A) I was searching, what to find / then it showed up, Don’t know why
It took up a, city block / something that you’d, walk on by
It seemed normal not so special / No one told me this was heaven
CHORUS
(C) Every single thing that’s good in life, is / right inside at a friendly price
All the workers they all smile at you / they want to help you
(pause) Every single thing you need in life / can be yours at the lowest price
All you need is: enter Costco doors / and it’s yours, yours, yours
If you’re searching, what to buy / even though you, know not why
You can ask a friendly neighbor / they might help you, if they’re able
Wander through, ex plore the magic / it’s all there… nothing tragic
Take a chance and / try on pants / they might make you want to dance!
CHORUS (rousing)
Your Desire makes the world so fine / Makes the Music in your head divine
Turns your living into paradise / So Shop at Costco
Other people they don’t know / It’s the end of the… Rainbow
Stop your searchin’ everywhere you go / It’s all at Costco, Costco,
You just need Costco…
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10. |
If Gaia
03:53
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IF GAIA. 4-6-2020 https://researchpubs.com.bandcamp.com/track/if-god
So If Gaia made the world in all its glory
Then Gaia made Corona — end of story!
If Darwin said: The world is Evolution
Devo said, “It’s REALLY De-volution!”
If music is your Land of Milk and Honey,
And musicians tell you what to think; that’s funny!
Well, Corona means you’ll reach your “Heaven” quickly
And you’ll leave earth behind you, but sickly (leave the earth behind)
CHORUS
Everything Dies! / Everyone lies!
Maybe you tried / To save the world; oh my!
Pollution killed The Bees — Poured plastic in the seas
Killed the Amazon / The Great Barrier Reef
You reap just what you sow!”
FinTech said, “Money does My Sacred Will
Makes me rich — gives me One Big Thrill!
The Economy — it never really existed
It’s here because no humans resisted
Real Estate’s a scam, just like stocks and bonds
They’ve always been Just One Big Con
Somethin for Nuthin’ is the Number One Big Lie
Gamble on promises ’till the time we die. (‘till the time we die)
We used to work all day playing’ the game
We were living like we were in a trance
‘Till the Day of Reckoning finally came
We discovered we were fools in a false romance
When the gas and electricity’s all gone
Will we realize we were driving toward our doom?
When the billionaires retreat to yachts and farms
Will all the villagers unite to bring them harm?
CHORUS
Everything Dies! / Everyone lies!
Maybe you tried / To save the world; oh my!
Corporations killed The Trees — Poured plastic in the seas
Killed the Amazon / The Great Barrier Reef
You reap just what you sow!”
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11. |
Corona 2
03:25
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rock’nroll piano key of C
(E-flat) New York is a hellhole / not the place to be
It’s far worse now than Deutschland, Spain, and Italy
Just blame CORONA / invisible enemy
Everybody stay at home / avoiding all their friends and me
They say Brazil is next / South America too
They say that Africa and all the world through
Will get CORONA — omnipresent enemy
They’re trying to find a shot that will cure the likes of you and me
They got thousands of bodies so they’re burying ‘em in the park
You never see ‘em do that cuz they do it after dark
Blame CORONA / invisible enemy
CORONA / You’re the one we need to flee
You shut down all the stores, the nightclubs and the whores
You took away the jobs. made us all stay home
Oh CORONA — you killed the world for folks like me
You emptied out the cities put everyone in solitary
You killed all the airlines / all the hotels too
You killed all the music tours / all the concerts too
CORONA. / made the world watch TV
You emptied out the concert halls nobody left to see
You even killed Uber, Lyft, Air b’n’b
And everyone stopped Tinder dating so freely
CORONA. party-pooper to the stars
In celebrity culture, you really did go far
You killed all the parties / art exhibits, too
You killed the work of all performers / and their minions, too
CORONA. made us all stay in our room
Now everybody lives on their iPhone and their Zoom
(G) You’ve made the world scramble: what we gonna DO?
How we gonna pay the rent? How do we get food?
CORONA. a light in the tunnel for me?
You made us all wonder how a different world could be
(Piano/E-flat) They’re printing up fake money to keep the world the same
this shows this is a WAR / the rich against the poor
CORONA / the bringer of liberty
There’s got to be a way to re-think World Economy
Instead of serving profit, serve all families
Helicopter money forever — medicare free
CORONA / showed another way to be
There’s got to be a brand-new way
to re-in vent World Economy (Think About It!)
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12. |
I'm Dreaming
02:36
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I’m Dreaming (I’m Somewhere Far Away) key of G
(D) I’m dreamin I’m somewhere far away
Where rivers and oceans are here to stay
With mountains and forests and birds galore
And beaches and cities where no one’s poor
(B) Where artists and singers all sing their dreams
(C) And no one gets caught in a rich man’s schemes
Where women and children are equally blessed
with plenty to eat and plenty of rest
CHORUS
(Low) Will the world stop being insane?
Will the rich start taking the blame?
Will religions cease their game? Let Mother Nature
Take over
Will language be re-invented?
Can the world stay so demented?
We could easily re-do the planet
If everyone got together
Well Maybe it’s not so bad
There’s plenty out there to make you glad
A mango, cherries, or a peach
All the fruit that’s within your reach
All the movies with all their thunder
All the books that make you wonder
All the music that can thrill your life
All the art that conquers strife
CHORUS
(Low) Will the world stop being insane?
Will the rich start taking the blame?
Wlll religions cease their game? Let Mother Nature
Take over
Will language be re-invented?
It’s why the world’s so demented
We could easily re-do the planet
If everyone got together
EXTRAS:
All the songs you’ve ever sung
All the poems you’ve read out loud
All your clothes that make you proud
All The things that life allows
All the beauty in your neighborhood
All the pleasures that do you good
All the people that made you sigh
All the ones who’ve already died
CHORUS
When will the world stop being crazy
People have The Right To Be Lazy
People need to be truly free
They need their love and equality
People just need global horticulture
Time to make their art and sculpture
Time to make all their dreams come true
They don’t need billionaires; they’re through.
When will words be re-imagined?
When will New Worlds be imagined?
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V. Vale San Francisco, California
An original member of Blue Cheer (when it was a 6-man band) V. Vale put down his instruments to publish Search & Destroy in 1977. He now plays for friends and for fun, channelling music for our listening pleasure.
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