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Making Do
02:12
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Cut up the bedsheets
And haul out the Singer
Time for muscle memory to take you back
To middle school Home Economics
Like great grandma Clara
Sewing piecework in the tenement
Or else Scarlett O’Hara
Ripping ball gowns into bandages
We’re making do
Covering our faces
Learning how
To work within the limitations
We are an army made of amateurs
We volunteer to gather up
What rags and scraps of
Fabric we can stitch together
Following a pattern that we
Already suspect will be
Inadequate to keep it out
Despite the coffee filters but
We’re making do
Covering our faces
Learning how
To work within the limitations
And though it’s nice to see how we can rise to the occasion
Can you believe that we have come to this sad situation
The masks we make are brave but we know they are only makeshift
So take a breath and work within the limitations
We are assembled in our
Separate assembly line home
Factories of fashionista
Garment district workers we’re
A victory garden blossoming with
Handkerchiefs we feed into the
Presser foot turn out some more of
This homemade equipment
We are making do
Covering our faces
Learning how
To work within the limitations
To work within the limitations
To work within the limitations
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2. |
Together Someday
03:46
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My mother told me to write something uplifting
To cheer us as we wait for news to improve
That’s not my forte but she keeps on insisting
So I am attempting to lighten the mood
Stay in the house
And pick up the phone
We’re here with each other
Though we are alone
Six feet apart
To keep everyone safe
But I hope that we’ll sing this
Together someday
My father told me he’d been doing some reading
About when all Europe had caught the Black Death
The Bubonic Plague old Yersinia Pestis
Oh all things considered we’re lucky I guess
They opened a tomb where a mummy was buried
Some thousands of years ago sealed with a curse
What did they expect had they seen no old movies
The Ancient Egyptians knew it could be worse
My brother says hey well at least it’s not raining
As torrents of water pour down from the sky
Cause all you can do now apart from complaining
Is try to crack jokes so you don’t start to cry
Has this been uplifting? I did the assignment
But it’s not so easy to ace this exam
The silvery lining, we’re trying to find it
You’ll show me I hope when we’re out of this jam
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3. |
Typhoid Mary
02:04
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Party's over
It's a shame
Cover your mouth
Don't touch your face
Wash your hands
Stay in place
Typhoid Mary's
Come to stay
Typhoid Mary's in the kitchen
Cooking us a fancy dinner
Typhoid Mary's so familiar
You can see her in the mirror
Ring around the rosy, pocket full of posies
Stock your pantry
For a siege
Everything's cancelled
You'd best believe
Epidemic
Big black plague
Typhoid Mary's
Come to stay
Typhoid Mary's in the kitchen
Cooking us a fancy dinner
Typhoid Mary's so familiar
You can see her in the mirror
Ring around the rosy, pocket full of posies
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down
Ring around the rosy, pocket full of posies
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down
Time for lockdown
Quarantine
See you later
On my screen
We'll just play this
Waiting game
Typhoid Mary's
Come to stay
Typhoid Mary's in the kitchen
Cooking us a fancy dinner
Typhoid Mary's so familiar
You can see her in the mirror
Typhoid Mary's in the kitchen
Cooking us a fancy dinner
Typhoid Mary's so familiar
You can see her in the mirror
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4. |
Almond Milk and Eggs
02:17
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Now it’s set in
And we move slow
Drawing out the days
Like the almond milk and eggs
We don’t think
About tomorrow
We listen to
The radio
Playing old tunes
Just to cover up the news
We don’t think
About tomorrow
It might get bad
But we don’t know
Been sleeping late
Cause we spend our nights awake
We don’t think
About tomorrow
Now it’s set in
And we move slow
Drawing out the days
Like the almond milk and eggs
We don’t think
About tomorrow
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Sweet Soubrette Brooklyn, New York
Sweet Soubrette features the songwriting, vocals and ukulele of Ellia Bisker, whose dark, edgy "existential indie rock" has won fans' hearts and critical praise since the release of debut album Siren Song. She is joined by a talented backing band, often featuring as many as 8 musicians onstage. Sweet Soubrette's fourth album, Big Celebrity, was released in 2016. ... more
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