Over the past couple months, as we are riveted to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, I’ve been sharing some of the song parodies I created with my homebound readers. Here’s one last blast of quarantine songs. I hope you can find a smile amidst the chaos.
The first song for you this week is from the Disney movie Beauty and the Beast. This is “Be Our Guest.” Sing along!
Be our guest, be our guest
Put Zoom service to the test
Try and scrub at least your neck, cherie
You're on the Internet
Family, and some friends
Why, we all can join the room
Talking over each other
Can't believe it, it's not doom
You can sing, you can dance
Just make sure you're wearing pants
And maybe brush out your hair's rats' nest
Go on, log into Zoom
Take a glance and then you'll
Be our guest, be our guest
Be our guest!
Or Google Hangouts too
Can provide a safe space
We'll prepare and send an invite
Our tech is in a race
You're alone and you're scared
But the Hangout's all prepared
No one's gloomy or complaining
When your family's entertaining
We tell jokes, I do tricks
You might juggle candlesticks
And it's all in perfect taste, that you can bet
Come on and lift your glass
You've won your own free pass
To be our guest, if you're stressed
It's tech chat rooms we suggest
Be our guest, be our guest
Be our guest!
How about the theme song from The Brady Bunch? You all know that one, right?
Here's a story of a nasty virus
That was making people sick all over the globe
All of them had bad symptoms, it was trouble
It drove us to our homes
Here's a story, of a doc named Fauci
Who was busy with telling us the truth
He and others were talking science
While others laid the blame
Till one day when the leaders of the states,
Oh, they knew that it was much more than a hunch
That our groups must somehow social distance
That's the way we're stuck with just our family bunch
COVID-19, COVID-19
That's the way we became all quarantined!
One last song this week. This was made popular again by being part of Guardians of the Galaxy, but it was originally by Blue Swede. This is “Hooked on a Feeling.”
Ooga-COVID, Ooga Ooga
Ooga-COVID, Ooga Ooga
Ooga-COVID, Ooga Ooga
Ooga-COVID, Ooga Ooga
I can't stop this virus
Deep inside of me
Doc, I know you realize
What it does to me
When I read it
Hold my tablet tight
You'll let me know when
Everything's all right
I'm hooked on corona
I'm high on believing
That it will go away
News as sweet as candy
Headlines stay on my mind
Wow, you got me thirsty
For another chart online
Got a bug from the news
They're searching for a cure
I just keep on reading
So I can be sure
I don't love it when I'm all alone
I keep reading
The news turns me on
I'm hooked on corona
I'm high on believing
That it will go away
Next week, I promise I will not focus on the coronavirus. (I can’t guarantee I won’t mention it though.) I continue to hope you and yours are doing well.
Word of the Week: This week’s word is perforce, which means out of necessity, as in, “The columnist kept using the pandemic as a topic perforce, since it was the main thing on his mind.” Impress your friends and confuse your enemies!