Together Alone
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Together alone connected by phones
We gather round tablets hide in our homes
We have all been ordered to shelter in place
You and Me quarantined
With the whole human race
A virus spread quickly through cruise ships and planes
It’s just a hoax our leader complained
Warnings were silenced the response was delayed
Now he urgently moves to reassigns blame
We have all been ordered to shelter in place
You and me quarantined with the whole human race
We search for new leaders In an unlikely face
You and me quarantined with the whole human race
The president boasts of low gasoline prices
Though it is not like we are burning much fuel
Still, he stands up before us gaslighting the crisis
Can we please wash our hands of this fool
The people emerged a little too soon
The churches were packed exhausted by zoom
Some took to the streets teargassed by goons
As the virus kept spreading through a nation in ruin
Uncertainty haunts us In this darkest hour
economy trashed
Though he boasts of it’s power
And I struggle to find light
As it seems we are doomed
Still a small purple flower emerges in bloom.
Next stop is Memphis
There Came a warning from the crew
Patiently she swayed
With suitcase in her hand
Slowing the tempo at St Paul and Main
At Central Station she exits the train
She don’t care about Graceland
She’s here for Loraine
Silhouette in Blue
Everybody is on board
the conductor shuts the door
With a flam, tap, and slowly up to speed the coaches roll
Like a street corner dancer
Up high on his toes
Just a moment to rest between shows
Cause the crowd moves along when you’re in between songs
Silhouette in blue
On the City of New Orleans‘ dining car is closed
just For the folks who ride
Up in coach won’t eat tonight
It’s been raining since Jackson
I dreamed a refrain a song of abandoned campsites the juke joints are silent,
my Stella won’t keep its tune
Silhouette in
blue Since we left Louisiana
There have been no more parades
But The locomotive roars
Just like Buddy Bolden’s horn
Now we’re almost through Homewood
We’ve had no delays
No trouble reported this mornin’
arrival on time track number nine
Silhouette in blue
You’re a fool he said,
nothing is real
All He believed was what he could feel
Nothing is promised nothing is written in stone
He said, “Watch them change the rules
If they think you’ve got some meat on the bone”
I don’t understand the spell that we are under
The absurdity should be obvious to see.
Considering the weather
I dream of better days for you to see
Death and madness
fools, cowards and crooks
The outgoing boss probably burned the books
Back to business as usual
but it ain’t like it used to be
Bit more predictable
In this strange reality
A little too close
too much for just one man
Could have gone another way If he had a better plan
ain’t really gone he’s looking for another chance
Any opportunity for his song and dance
Like a cold wind blowing across the room
Like I was standing there naked
in a cold October moon
I know you are angry you don’t want to talk about it
I know I push to hard just to try to find the core of it
I want to find the nature of our rage
I want to live in the communication age.
Like the fireflies at night little shooting stars
Messengers of light They always let me know where they are
I always wish life was simple like that
A little sign to let us know where we are at
I want to find the nature of our rage
I want to live in the communication age.
We have telephones and fax machines
Computers that can read our dreams
Digital technology when all I want is honesty
I want to find the nature of our rage
I want to live in the communication age.
Talk to me tonight
I want to understand the that you feel tonight
Talk to me tonight
I want to understand these feelings I have myself
Will I ever trust my angels
can I even trust myself
ignoring the messaging my connections health
Now life is 1080
We have all become cartoons
imaginary backgrounds
In imaginary rooms
It’s been almost a year
Of Dreams in isolation
I don’t go to far from here
I mostly watch the television
Now life is 1080
We have all become cartoons
imaginary backgrounds
In imaginary rooms
I am rare to show-my face
It’s covered by a mask
I do it just in case
You shouldn’t have to ask
Now life is 1080
We have all become cartoons
imaginary backgrounds
In imaginary rooms
May we never forget
where we have been
May we never forget the feeling within
May we hold tightly to the memories
How we had to climb up from our knees
And our scars won’t save us
They really don’t care
I recall how the wind would rush through the trees
Outside my father’s door through the canopy
In the late autumn cool
the Shaking the leaves
Opens up the night to a deep winter freeze
And the winds won’t save us
They really don’t care
Are we alone exposed to this virus?
Button your coat It’s gonna be a long cold winter my friend.
There is no guarantee. What was will still be
The past has seen its share of empty treaties
broken promise deliberate deceit
Be careful who you bow to when you’re at their feet
And a promise won’t save us
They really don’t care
It’s been a long
long long year
There has been anger
There have been tears
Too much confusion
Justified fear
it’s been long
It’s been a long long year
In the morning there’s a song
No up and down right or wrong
But those moments soon fade away
empty nights we are alone
8 billion souls hide in our homes
And in tents by the side of the road
I can see hope
It’s gonna take some time Trying to cope trying to be kind
We all want a voice
I don’t want to be left behind
Here comes a double planet Rising in the southwest shy
Two o’clock up on capitol hill
The president just ordered a coup
A crowd broke through windows
The crowd broke through the doors
Two o’clock up un capitol hill
They started by killing a cop
with a fire safety device
Then they set off in search of the speaker
and the president’s loyal vice
Some of them were nazis
Some were youtube stars
Who profited from conspiracies
But you have gone too far
They pissed on the carpets and walls
They knew the place too well
Like someone on the inside more than willing to tell
Let me tell you bout old glory
It’s a sad and stupid story a tragic story
One that I am embarrassed to tell
We heard the rebel drumming
Everyone saw this coming
The grand finale to a living year in hell
There were heroes a few
not enough for an angry mob
The guard was never summoned
Until the loyal vice called in backups
And the building was secured
Congress did what they came to do
The vice had the final word
Two o’clock up un capitol hill
There is a time
When we all will know
That we all can be together
Let the circle grow
There will be moments
Of shared Songs, tears and laughter
And the days that will come after
like they were not Long ago
In the waning hours tempted
We Gather too soon
As we dream of nights Together
Twirling under the moon
There will be signs as we emerge
Expectations and a foolish urges
And the joy of seeing you smile
Remains the grief
Remains the tears that we have shed
Isolated mourning
No hugs
No eulogy said
No toasts was ever raised
No wakes or visiting hours
If we have it in our power
May we celebrate our dead
