Quarantining on my Own

[to the tune of "Dancing on my Own" by Robyn]

The state of Mass is reopening

Do you think that it's safe again

there's a big black sky over my town

I know the spread's there, yeah it's still around

I go to check the cases

I just gotta see it for myself

I'm quarantining

watching you gather

    oh oh oh

the spread is still the-ere

why can't you see it?

    oh oh oh

I'm giving it my all

but you're not quaran-tining at all

    ooooh

I keep staying on my own

[I keep staying on my own]

Cases fall and rise again

each time we let dooown our guard

I'm crying into my coffee

and spinning around in circles

Emotionally worn out

watching you gather

    oh oh oh

the spread is still the-ere

why can't you see it?

    oh oh oh

I'm giving it my all

but you're not quaran-tining at all

    ooooh

I keep staying on my own

So close to safe, but still so far

    [we re-open, the cases rise]

But you don't see the cycle's there

I just came to say goodbye

Walking away while
watching you gather

    oh oh oh

I'm giving it my all

but you're not quaran-tining at all

    ooooh

I keep staying on my own

[I keep staying on my own]

I'm quarantining

watching you gather

    oh oh oh

the spread is still the-ere

why can't you see it?

    oh oh oh

I'm giving it my all

but you're not quaran-tining at all

    ooooh

I keep staying on my own

[I keep staying on my own]

[I keep staying on my own]

Cruel Summer

To the tune of "Cruel Summer" by Bananarama (oh stop it with the suggestion that there's another song by the same name)

COVID-19 and the people are coming 

to gather round
thinking it's safe cause the state has relaxed restrictions
meanwhile I'm praying (what do you pray?)
that I'm completely wrong
Cases are coming, the spread hasn't disappeared yet

It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel summer
spreading among the kids
it's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer

now you're here

The city is crowded, my friends want to play
and I'm forced to be
around everybody, but I just want to go away

It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel summer
asympto-matically
it's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer
now you're here

Gonna wish only it was

It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel summer
(fully vaxed) asympto-matically
it's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer

now you're here

It's a cruel, cruel summer
coming together again
it's a cruel, cruel summer
now you're here

and I just want to run

It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel summer
(fully vaxed) asympto-matically
it's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer

now you're here

and I just want to run

I Can Be Productive

Sung to the tune of "Can you Feel the Love Tonight"

I can be produ-uctiiive
And do aaaaaall the work
I will not... pro-cras-ti-nate at all
by writing out a song

So much work to do right now
but none of it of interest
and so I'll go emp-ty,,, the dishwasher
and wash the pots and pans

maybe I'll fold my clothes now
and put them in the drawers
and go and water the garden, just a bit
and fix myself a snack

but I can be produ-uctiiive
and do all of the work
I will not pro...-cras-ti-nate at all
from tasks, I can-not hide

you might find that I haaave
digressed just aaaa weee biiiit
but you know.
that I will get the work
done before it's due


and if I get the work done now
I can feel so proud
and I will be able to say I did
and go watch tv toooooo

It's a Trap as only Beauty and the Beast Could Tell the Tale

[sung as either the Candlestick from Beauty and the Beast or as Admiral Ackbar from Return of the Jedi]

It's... a..... trap, it's a trap, 

we must try to close the gap
for the Death Star is a firing 

and the plan has gone to crap

Shields are up, yes they are!
We can't handle the Death Star.

It is fully functional now

and we will not make it far!

Solo's team, where are they?

with their camouflage of grey

they should have those shields down by now

what happened I cannot say!

Cap-it-al, ships are there,

but they hardly seem to care

they aren't firing at all now

they seem almost unaware

Get in close, stay in tight,

we will still give them a fight!

Let the laser take their own ships.

We can't give into the fright.

That Skywalker said

the empire's good as dead

but they're here, get your gear

... IT'S A TRAP!