King Corona

Here's my Covid song. I was thinking of those old blues songs about diseases, like the TB Blues



There’s an old demon worryin’ ‘round my door
Oh, King Corona
I told him I’m not the one he’s looking for
Oh King Corona
I said, Sir you must be mistaken
I locked my door, but he tried to break in
He’s a nasty devil and he means to score
Oh, King Corona

I thought maybe I could hide
Oh, King Corona
Spend the rest of my life inside
Oh, King Corona
I don’t know what makes him desire us
So much power in one little virus
Couldn’t get away no matter how I tried
Oh, King Corona

When he comes knocking, will I be able to refuse?
Oh, King Corona
Will I be the one that he grabs and subdues?
Oh King Corona
First you have a little cough
Soon that demon tries to carry you off
Don’t want to sing those ventilator blues
Oh King Corona

Today's Verse: 24 July 2020

We met on the eve
Of Covid 19
Your lips were rubies
Your eyes shiny green

We made love all night
You left the next day
I learned from the app
Covid took you away

Open Song

I had a little secret

I had a secret just for you

I found a little stone

A perfect little pebble

Gray and smooth like any other 

For you, it was for you

For no one else but you

I couldn’t put it in your ear

I couldn’t, so I put it on your tongue

Behind your tongue

Beneath your tongue

I put it under your tongue

I had a little secret

I had a little button and I didn’t know where to hide it

So I put it under your tongue

A secret for you to find

To find when you were ready

Maybe one day as a lisp

Maybe one day as a stammer

It was a little pocket with a secret 

 I hid it under your tongue

Your little tongue

Your little tongue

A little snake that pops out

A little jack-in-the-box 

I made a little puzzle

I made a little riddle

It was just for you, I made it just for you

I made it for you but I kept a piece for me

Just one piece for myself

I wanted to give you something to read

I wanted to ask you to read me but I didn’t want to

I was afraid to

I made a thing to read to you

A little thing for you to read

Folded paper, folded words

I kept one piece and I hid the rest

I hid it where you could find it 

You know where, you know where

I hid it where you can find it

It was a present for you, that’s all

I wanted you to find it

I wanted you to read me

Little button, little pocket

Little riddle, little present

Little secret

Little stone