Free Ride For The Devil (The Corona Virus Lament Song) Poem by Paul Henry Dallaire

Free Ride For The Devil (The Corona Virus Lament Song)



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First draft:

SODOM AND GAMORRAH
IN THE BIBLE IT DOES SAY
JUST HOW CORRUPT THE WORLD WAS
IN THOSE EARLY DAYS

PEOPLE RAN FOR COVER
SO YOU BETTER NOT LOOK BACK
AND IF YOU DO YOU'LL TURN TO SALT
IT'S IN THE HOLY BOOK OF FACTS

NOW IN THIS NEW MILLENNIUM
OF KENTUCKY CHICKEN FRIED
AND THE RICH WHO TRAVEL O'ER THE PLACE
GIVE THIS DEVIL A FREE RIDE

IT'S A COVID-19 RUDE AWAKENING
AND IT'S PESTILENCE SPREAD SO FAST
IT'S A PANDEMIC GLOBAL WARNING
AND PRAY THAT IT DON'T LAST

CHORUS:
NOW I'M THE NEW PIED-PIPER
PLAYING IN THIS COWBOY BAND
AND LIKE OL' ST. GEORGE I'LL SLAY
THAT DRAGON VIRUS FROM THIS LAND

MY CREDENTIALS ARE COUNTLESS
IT'S SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW
FOR I'M A LONG LIST OF HOBOS
AND KINGS OF THE ROAD

WORDS/MUSIC
PAUL HENRY DALLAIRE
SOCAN.CA 2020.

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