Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Zoom is bustin'

 I wish I could find lyrics:


Oh, wait, they're below the video.

"Zoom is Bustin' Out All Over" 

March came in like a lion with covid cancellations every day.
In April, sigh, we sat and cried and hoped a change would come in May.
May was full of promises but she couldn't keep 'em quick enough for some.
And for theaters, bands, and choruses they're predicting that an end may never come.
But it's come for some. You can feel it come. While we superspreaders sit safe at home and feelin' glum.  As restrictions start to ease - just in certain industries.
We're still home, stuck at home, glued to screens!
Zoom is bustin' out all over... All over the internet until
it is safe to meet in person. Cause for normalcy we're hurtin'. 

Even staff meetings would feel like such a thrill!
Zoom is bustin' out all over! This angle gives me a double chin.
I sure hope my boss has pants on while I listen as he rants on.
Oh wait, you froze. Could you say that again?
Cause we're on Zoom! Everything's on Zoom, Zoom, Zoom!

Socially distanced and safe at home,
Zoom makes me feel slightly less alone.

Zoom is bustin' out all over! My whole day revolves around this app.
But my patience will expire if I hear one more virtual choir who, without auto-tune, would surely sound like crap.
Zoom is bustin' out all over! I'm countin' the days until July.
Cause this school year's never ending and my fragile nerves need tendin'. Oh I'm so stressed I think that I could cry.
Because of Zoom! All because of Zoom, Zoom, Zoom!

Concerts are cancelled till who knows when?
Wonderin' if we'll ever sing again... 

Zoom is bustin' out all over!
The new norm for people everywhere.
But the teachers and musicians in precarious positions stare at screens all day while tearing out their hair!
Zoom is bustin' out all over! The feelin's are gettin' so intense.
Got my therapist on speed dial - going crazy. In the meanwhile, this show Tiger King don't make a lick of sense!
But we're on Zoom!
Everything's on Zoom, Zoom, Zoom!
It's Zoom, Zoom, Zoom! Everything's on Zoom, Zoom, Zoom!

Many thanks for this to
Anne Rhodes, Research Archivist,
Oral History of American Music, Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
Yale University

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