Joel Landy / I Am Corona Virus
Channel: Joel Landy
Date: 2020-04-14

Like so many songwriters,  I have been writing songs about the COVID-19 pandemic consuming our lives. The creative challenge for me to to write them from different points of view. This song rewrites Billy Joel's "The Entertainer" and presents the point of view of the Corona Virus. We all seek to be heard.

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Be well and stay safe!   ~ joel
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I Am Corona Virus
Tune:  “The Entertainer”  Original words and music: Billy Joel
New words:  Joel Landy  

I am Corona Virus and I’ve come to your town
I’ll send you to a hospital and shut your business down
I don’t care if you’re royalty or if you rule a land
I’m everywhere and in the air
If you think you’re slick, I’ll make you sick
With what you don’t understand

I am Corona Virus and for those who cannot wait
Or practice social distance I’ve designed for you a fate
I promise you won’t like it, but ask me if I care
So, if you want to play be on your way
If you get too close you will get a dose
Of something you can share

I am Corona Virus and for those who fail to see
Prioritizing people beyond economy
You know that I am coming
You know it isn’t “if”, but “when”
If you simply wait, I’ll contaminate
What you deny, then people die
So, you better think again.

I am Corona Virus 
The terror of my age
I live to spread my message
As we go through this stage
So, do your best to fight me
You know you’ll never win
If you stay apart then that’s a start
You must be strong if you last that long
You can have your lives again.

I am Corona Virus and I’m coming to your town
I’ll send you to a hospital and shut your country down
I don’t care if you’re royalty or if you rule a land
I’m everywhere and in the air
If you think you’re slick, I’ll make you sick
With what you don’t understand