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"I hope it’s not gonna get as bad as it is!"
#quoteofthepandemic
"Corona Blues (As Bad As It Is)"
Words & Music by Joe Stone
all rights GEMA 2020 Joe Stone Hertenstein www.JoeStoneBand.com
@JoeStoneBand
Music & Video produced by Joe Stone in his living room in Brooklyn, NY, during the Corona-lockdown 4/2020. Background vocals by Daisy del Carmen.
Inspired by a crazy NewYorkTimes headline from 03/2020 "Doctors Are Writing Their Wills" and a most incredible quote by German philosopher Karl Valentin (1882 – 1948), who was a Bavarian comedian, cabaret performer, clown, author and film producer, and starred in many silent films in the 1920s, and was sometimes called the "Charlie Chaplin of Germany", which I translated from "Hoffentlich wird es nicht so schlimm wie es schon ist!" into English: "I hope it's not gonna get as bad as it is!" and wrote my "Stay-at-home"-song to support the social distancing measures during the Corona virus/Covid-19 pandemic. I also quote from Harry Nilsson's 1971 hit "Coconut".
Enjoy! At home!
"Corona Blues (As Bad As It Is)"
Words & Music by Joe Stone
Please, please, stay at home, you have everything to lose
Please, please, stay at home, we have everything to lose
Please, please, stay at home, don’t go on a cruise
Please, please, stay at home, sing the Corona Blues
I hope it’s not, I hope it’s not
gonna get as bad as it is
I hope it’s not, I hope it’s not
gonna get as bad, as bad as it is
Ohoh, Doctors, the news are giving me chills
Ohoh, Doctors are writing their wills
Please, please, stay at home, if you’re sick and if you’re healthy, too
Please, please, stay at home, if you’re busy or got nothing to do
Please, please, stay at home, play piano or a little guitar
Please, please, stay at home, sing along from near and far
I hope it’s not, I hope it’s not
gonna get as bad as it is
I hope it’s not, no, I hope it’s not
gonna get as bad as it is
I hope it’s not, I hope it’s not
gonna get as bad as it is
I hope it’s not, I hope it’s not
gonna get as bad, as bad as it is
Oh oh, Doctors, I better turn off the news
Oh oh, Doctors, I don’t wanna stand in your shoes
Please, please, stay at home, learn a language and write a book
Please, please, stay at home, learn to sew and change your look
Please, please, stay at home, call your best friends and your lost ones, too
Please, please, stay at home, call em now and ask em How do you do?
I’m sure it’s not, I’m sure it’s not
gonna get as bad as it is
I’m sure it’s not, I’m sure it’s not
gonna get as bad as it is
I’m sure it’s not, I’m sure it’s not
gonna get as bad as it is
I’m sure it’s not, I’m sure it’s not
gonna get as bad, as bad as it is
Oh oh, Doctors, put the lime in the coconut and drink em bowl up
Oh oh, Doctors, have some booze with your Corona Blues
and call me in the morning
I’m sure it’s not, I’m sure it’s not
gonna get as bad as it is
I’m sure, I'm not, I’m sure I'm not
it's gonna get as bad as it is
I’m sure it’s not, I’m sure it’s not
gonna get as bad as it is
I’m sure it’s not, I’m sure it’s not
gonna get as bad as this anywhere
WATCH music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzmaPL6fSOM
credits
released April 5, 2020
Words & Music by Joe Stone
All instruments and vocals by Joe Stone
Background vocals by Daisy del Carmen
Engineered, mixed, mastered by Joe Stone Hertenstein
At Blue Geezer Studios, Brooklyn, NY
All rights GEMA 2020 Joe Stone Hertenstein www.JoeStoneBand.com
@JoeStoneBand
Musicvideo produced by Joe Stone in his living room in Brooklyn, NY, during the Corona-lockdown 4/2020.
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