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A song for our time. Written, recorded, mixed, and mastered in isolation.
lyrics
Jack had a Rose, Noah had a boat
But me I’m socially distant and emotionally remote
King Kong had the Empire State, Cliffy he had Norm
We all gotta cling to something while we’re riding out the storm
I am touched in the head
I am touching my face
I am washing my hands of this and keeping my space
I am looking to da bourbon
I am looking to da beer
I am looking to DeWine to help me mitigate my fear
Dystopia
Dattopia
Let’s make an us and we and youtopia
Dystopia
Dattopia
Everybody’s coping where they’re at
So be a
Building to my Kong
Be a Cliffy to my Norm
Give me something I can cling to while I’m riding out the storm
It’s gonna get worse before it gets better
It’s gonna get worse before it gets better
It’s gonna get worse before it gets better
But that means it’s gonna get better
It’s gonna get worse before it gets better
It’s gonna get worse before it gets better
It’s gonna get worse before it gets better
But that means it’s gonna get better
Jack, he hit bottom though there was room on Rose’s door
Kong, he took a tumble down a hundred and some floors
No one seems to know the hell what norm is anymore
Cliff’s a pig who made friends with a plastic dinosaur
I got dogs I can walk
I got puzzles I can solve
I got a whole damn Marvel Universe and Better Call Saul
I’ve got friends with parents dying
Or with babies being born
We all got to stick together while we weather out the storm
Dystopia
Dattopia
Let’s make an us and we and youtopia
Dystopia
Dattopia
Pandora’s box sure is a nasty cornucopia
Rose got a necklace
Fay Wray got a friend
In the toybox all the toys have is each other in the end
It’s gonna get worse before it gets better
It’s gonna get worse before it gets better
It’s gonna get worse before it gets better
That means it’s gonna get better
It’s gonna get worse before it gets better
It’s gonna get worse before it gets better
It’s gonna get worse before it gets better
But that means it’s gonna get better
It’s gonna get worse before it gets better
It’s gonna get worse before it gets better
It’s gonna get worse before it gets better
But that means it’s gonna get better
It’s gonna get worse before it gets better
It’s gonna get worse before it gets better
It’s gonna get worse before it gets better
But that means it’s gonna get better
credits
released April 11, 2020
(c) & (p) Stefan Farrenkopf, When Suddenly Music (ASCAP)
Music and Lyrics by Stefan Farrenkopf
Jack Burgess: bass, vocals
Stefan Farrenkopf: keyboards, vocals
Andy Harrison: guitars, vocals
Chris Rockwell: guitars, vocals
Jeremy Rogers: drums, vocals
Produced The Everlasting Happiness
Recorded and Engineered by Jack Burgess at Jack's house, Stefan Farrenkopf at Stefan's house, Andy Harrison at Andy's house, Chris Rockwell at Chris's house, and Jeremy Rogers at Jer's house.
Mixed by Jack Burgess at Jack's house.
Mastered by Andy Harrison at Andy's house
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