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Joy in Times of Pandemic

by Daniel Feinberg

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1.
We get dressed up with nowhere to go You look like you're ready to play a rock show Plucking a bass under chandelier light On a wooden stage in the back of a pub tonight Alright
2.
We spent our youth out west Breathing wildfire smoke As the sun would set Over the mountains like a yolk Now there's a field of yellow flowers Opposite the creek I could look out there for hours Every day for weeks You bring me joy in times of pandemic After the birds have flown away Joy in times of pandemic When every day is Groundhog Day
3.
This isn't what we pictured How we thought that life would be We should be hiking in the desert Out in Joshua Tree There's a void that can't be filled But we're holding on still This isn't what we pictured How we thought that life would be Now we're sitting in the kitchen Watching the governor on TV
4.
I'm looking out as the city fades Only shades and shadows of yesterday And I wonder, when will I see Another soul on a rooftop across the way Our neighborhood is a ghost town Cover my face when I go for a run And I zoom to check in on everyone And I wonder, when will we be back All at the bar singing "Hackensack"
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Target 03:05
Reach out, my friends I want to hear your voices now I'll try to send The warmest melodies out I'm watching Cherry blossoms on a digital screen Waving in the pixelated sun The promise of a life after quarantine is done Reach out, my friends I want to see your faces now Let's just pretend We're all together in this house When this is all over, I'm going to Target
6.
I remember, last summer It took three hours to get to Brooklyn I stopped for coconut water In sticky midtown Manhattan Now we search for some reminder Of how things used to be How I dressed up like a tiger And why I left the sea So you take my hand And we plunge into cold water You take my hand And we plunge
7.
Living on the park You have to measure the distance I've been pushing hard But I can feel a resistance We heard the soundcheck outside Brooklyn Bowl And we never stopped listening to rock and roll I still feel like I'm 18 Standing in front of the chapel in a leather jacket Living by the train I hear the whistle in the evening Then I lie awake Trying to find the meaning We saw Sonic Youth in 2009 But I never stopped listening to Third Eye Blind I still feel like I'm 22 Covering blink in a concrete dorm room Stand alone An only child and another Stand alone, together Feel like I'm 26 Gazing out on the Olympic Mountains from Golden Gardens
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Radiators 02:42
You love the places with the noisy old radiators I'm more partial to the modern amenities I was a wildflower chomping with the alligators Before I met you and you brought me serenity I left home before the rain began Got back and everything was new I don't miss being in Seattle I just miss being there with you You love the places with the noisy old radiators I think I'm coming around to them, maybe On the edge of 30 in the spring in New Jersey And I waited seven years to get my drums back, baby
9.
We set out driving in the summertime Pink skies over Coeur d'Alene Then we tumbled across Montana With pronghorns across the plains North Dakota's wild horses Dragged us to prairie dog towns Then on we drove to Wisconsin Past Amber's lake in St. Cloud We hauled it from Detroit to Pittsburgh Only to find that the Warhol was closed When we finally made it to Baltimore An empty house at the end of the road

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released June 5, 2020

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