DO AS I SAY NOT AS I DO,
IS IT COVID OR MANFLU?
TRACK AND TRACE, COVER YOUR FACE,
WEAR A MASK AND KNOW YOUR PLACE;
GO OUTSIDE BUT STAY INDOORS,
GO TO WORK EVEN THOUGH IT’S CLOSED,
CLAP YOUR HANDS THEN WASH YOUR HANDS,
DOES ANYBODY UNDERSTAND?
GO TO WORK, DON’T GO TO WORK,
TAKE THE BUS, DON’T TAKE THE TRAIN,
TAKE THE TRAIN, DON’T TAKE THE BUS,
STAY IN LINE AND CAUSE NO FUSS;
EXERCISE, DON’T EXERCISE,
BE ALERT, WE NEED MORE LERTS,
TAKE A WALK BUT STAY INDOORS,
STOP THE SPREAD AND HIT THE SHED.
FURLOUGH, OH I’M GONNA HAVE TO HIT THE SHED.
SANITIZE AND EAT MY LIES,
SAVING LIVES NOT CHANGING WIVES,
A WIRE BRUSH, A GARDEN HOSE,
BLOW YOUR NOSE THEN BURN YOUR CLOTHES;
A BOTTLE OF METHS, FINANCIAL TIMES,
TO RUB YOU DOWN BEHIND SAFE LINES,
TOILET PAPER, PASTA AND FLOUR,
I GOT PASSATA FEEL MY POWER.
GO TO WORK, DON’T GO TO WORK,
TAKE THE BUS, DON’T TAKE THE TRAIN,
TAKE THE TRAIN, DON’T TAKE THE BUS,
STAY IN LINE AND CAUSE NO FUSS;
DOWNLOAD THE APP ONTO YOUR PHONE,
BECOME THEIR SPY, BECOME THEIR DRONE,
TO SEE HOW FAR THEIR DISEASE HAS SPREAD,
WHEN YOU FIND OUT YOU’LL HIT THE SHED.
FURLOUGH,OH I’M GONNA HAVE TO HIT THE SHED.
A BRAND NEW CONTINUOUS COUGH,
LEAVES ME SLEEPING IN THE LOFT,
MY TEMPERATURE IS THROUGH THE ROOF,
THEY ALL THINK THEY’RE SO BULLETPROOF;
WATCHING REPEATS TO STIMULATE MY BRAIN,
AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN,
MY SANITY’S NO GUARANTEE,
‘CAUSE THESE 4 WALLS ARE EATING ME.
GO TO WORK, DON’T GO TO WORK,
TAKE THE BUS, DON’T TAKE THE TRAIN,
TAKE THE TRAIN, DON’T TAKE THE BUS,
STAY IN LINE AND CAUSE NO FUSS;
DOWNLOAD THE APP ONTO YOUR PHONE,
BECOME THEIR SPY, BECOME THEIR DRONE,
TO SEE HOW FAR THEIR DISEASE HAS SPREAD,
WHEN YOU FIND OUT YOU’LL HIT THE SHED.
Lots of BBC Introducing airtime for 4 tracks from Mark Cottrell's "Blankets Of
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Blue Mantra Rhymes, aka Ed Cooke, pays tribute to his current home of Bangkok and its folk traditions on this delicate new LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 23, 2021