'The COVID Blues' - A Song of the Times.

By Josh Bloom — Oct 04, 2020

Here’s a song about living in the time of COVID. Sing along. Laugh, Throw things. Whatever.

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(Sung to the tune of...every other blues song - it doesn't matter)

(C⁷) I wake up in the morning,

(C⁷) I turn on the TV,

(C⁷)The same damn thing is always staring at me.

Image: WHO

(G⁷) It's got a coat of protein,

(G⁷) A core of R-N-A

(C⁷) It's screwin' up my life in every possible way.

(G⁷) Oh, listen to me, baby,

(F⁷) I got the CO-VID

(C⁷) Blues!

Harmonica - Take it away!

(Harmonica solo by a guy with puke in his beard)

(C⁷) I ain't got toilet paper,

(C⁷) To clean up my behind,

(C⁷) I have a carrot scraper... but I ain't so inclined...

(G⁷) I think I'm going crazy,

(G⁷) I really wanna scream...

(C⁷) Cause when I sleep I see Wolf Blitzer in my dreams

(F⁷) Oh, listen to me, baby,

(F⁷) I got the CO-VID

(C⁷) Blues!

(F⁷) I'm locked down in New York City

(G⁷) And I ain't got nothing to

(C⁷) Do...

Josh Bloom

Dr. Jonathan (Josh) Bloom, ACSH's Director of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, earned his Ph.D. at the University of Virginia and completed postdoctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania. During his 20-plus years in drug discovery at Wyeth, his research group discovered the antibiotic Tygacil®, approved in 2005. He holds 25 issued patents and has authored 35 academic papers. Since joining ACSH in 2010, he has written more than 2,000 articles and dozens of op-eds for major newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal and Chicago Tribune.