2020 Blues

 

Standard 12-bar a la Elvis’ ‘Trouble’

 

Well this is 2020, and it’s not going well

There’s poison in the air and there’s a sad story to tell

The people are all dying, this shit is not a joke,

The PM is a pisshead and his cabinet’s on coke

Ain’t that the truth

They got the 2020 Blues

 

I got a thousand voices shouting at me in my head

A thousand packets of pasta slowly rotting in my shed

I’m panic buying flour and bog roll by the tonne

If I only had the chance I’d panic buy some opium

Blot out the rules

Of the 2020 Blues

 

I got the lockdown blues

I got the lockdown blues

And I’m tryin my best to hide it

But the truth is I can’t abide it

If there’s a wave I’ll ride it

Until I crash inside it

I got the blues

 

I’m eating out to help out, I’m staying a metre away

Don’t take me to task for wearing a mask, I’m doing what they say

I’m sneezing in my elbow, I’m home by 10pm

And then they change the rules and shift the blame to us again

They’re utter fools

Giving me the 2020 Blues

And I’m tryin my best to hide it

But the truth is I can’t abide it

If there’s a wave I’ll ride it

Until I crash inside it

I got the blues

 

I got the lockdown blues

I got the lockdown blues

And I’m tryin my best to hide it

But the truth is I can’t abide it

If there’s a wave I’ll ride it

Until I crash inside it

If there’s a cure I’ll try it

If there’s a vaccine I’ll buy it

But I don’t trust these liars

Let’s set this year on fire

Let’s burn its shoes

And give this 2020 Blues

 

I got the blues