A Pandemic Worthy Song

JEK

Senior Insider
Local board I serve on is having a Zoom cocktail hour with a curated playlist of member's suggestions of a song that reflects 2020.


My choice is the The Avett Bros - - Smithsonian.




Lyrics

Call the Smithsonian I made a discovery
Life ain't forever and lunch isn't free
Loved ones will break your heart with or without you
Turns out we don't get to know everything

Get the young scientists, tell them "come quick"
I must be the first man that's ever seen this
Lines on my face, my teeth are not white
My eyes do not work and my legs don't move right

Chorus
I wonder if Romeo ever got scared
Taken but shaken, unprepared
Under the balcony, under the trees
Fully unknowing of where this would lead
What if we marry or give up the ghost?
Or we abandon those we love most?
What if you carry me and lay me down
Once you get used to me being around?

Chorus
My bedroom's a doctor's office, my kitchen's a car
My life is a joke, my bathroom's a bar
I go there a lot, more than I should
I know I should stop but it feels too damn good
 
Nice pick, iDude. I’m an Avett Brothers fan! (Check out MAY IT LAST: A PORTRAIT OF THE AVETT BROTHERS)
 
Nice pick, iDude. I’m an Avett Brothers fan! (Check out MAY IT LAST: A PORTRAIT OF THE AVETT BROTHERS)

Excellent film. For other music documentary fans, highly recommend Laurel Canyon (2 parts/Epix), Robbie Robertson's "Once Were Brothers" and more recent Bee Gees "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" HBO
 
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