When There's No COVID

(This poem can be sung to the melody of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" from THE WIZARD OF OZ, by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg.)

 

 

Someday, when there's no COVID, I'll be glad

That advice from the experts proved to be ironclad.

 

Someday, when there's no COVID, I will smile,

Knowing that our precautions turned out to be worthwhile.

 

I'll wonder why some people balked

And leaders 'round the country blocked

Restrictions.

They listened to the senseless bull

That spread so fast and was so full

Of contradictions.

 

Someday, when there's no COVID, we'll be free.

We just all have to practice responsibility.

 

(Interlude)

 

We know that masks protect us and

It doesn't help when masks are banned.

That's silly.

And vaccinations help as well.

We know that with them we can quell

The virus. Really!

 

Someday, when there's no COVID, we'll be free.

We just all have to practice responsibility.

 

If only everyone could be

Responsible then we...

Would...be...set...free.

-by Bob B (9-10-21)