Lockdown Jazz

(Words & Music – Joe Pereira)

The world grinding to a halt
I thought I’d never see
due to a kind of war
impossible to see
choosing who will live or die
and not taking sides
we’re told we have batten down and much
more besides

Supplies getting harder to find
the hogging has begun
the greedy are stocking up
the rest are getting none
at least now we get to see
the kind of people around
many friends are being lost and many
are being found

It’s time to stop and think
and let the world ease up
back up from the brink
it’s time to stop the play
and let the curtain drop
come what may
It’s time to stop
stay at home with your laptop
it’s time to stop
being who you are
and being who you are not

Maybe we had it all
too good before
maybe we’ll ask for less
and not more and more
and now that we’ve gotten to know
the kind of people around
many friends are being lost and many
are being found