NEVER-TO-BE-FORGOTTEN KINDA YEAR
By Dan Bern

We’re all contagious
Connected through the air
Fingers crossed and go and
Get some donuts if you dare
Thousand rolls a toilet paper on the shelf
I’m quarantined from myself

Zoom for ya birthday zoom for ya school
Zoom zoom swimming pool, golden rule
Say their names, draw the lines
Kobe, Chadwick, John Prine
Editors creditors
Redditors imposters
All day in your jams
Three cheers for the essential workers
3 Cheers for the Cardboard fans,

It’s a burning tire
A dumpster fire
A go with it, throw a fit
Out of tune choir
Trip over your laces
Fall down on your rear
It’s a Beautiful, rotten
Never-to-be-forgotten kinda year

Bake ya bagels ya banana bread
Take class in your underwear, samosas on the bedspread
streaming to the Moon
let your hair grow long
politicians every corner
sourdough starter, Murder hornets
roadside pickup,
lockdown, global reach
walk down to the beach

I know that we will dance again
I know that we will love again
Stomping through the rain
I feel you in the distance
Even stronger than before
I’m gonna tackle you and
Smother you with kisses
Soon as you come through that door

It’s a burning tire
A dumpster fire
A who ya gonna hire
An outta tune choir
Trip over your laces
Fall down on rear
It’s a Beautiful, rotten
Never-to-be-forgotten–

It’s a burning tire
A dumpster fire
A who ya gonna hire
An outta tune choir
Trip over your laces
Fall down on rear
It’s a Beautiful, rotten
Never-to-be-forgotten kinda year

(lyrics: Dan Bern)