Four Seasons
Inspired, as you might well guess, by recent events. A song from the point of view of a lawyer and onetime mayor reflecting on the events that have brought him to this juncture...
Matching Tie and Facemask
One of the first songs I wrote after the pandemic started, as may be inferred from the subject matter...
Cover Your Face
Inspired by a recent trip to the grocery store (noses, folks, noses). This turns out to be a parody of a parody, since Eric Idle swiped the tune for "Sit On My Face" from a 1930s song called "Sing As We Go."
Cassandrefreude
My friend and fellow filker Harold Feld fights the good fight as a lobbyist for Public Knowledge, advocating for an open Internet, sane telecom and copyright laws, and freedom of expression and communication. As you might imagine, all those things have been under assault of late, and as various chickens have come home to roost in just the way he warned would happen when he was telling the FCC and Congress not to do the things, he has come up with a word to describe the bitter satisfaction of having been right. And I wrote a song with it.
Another World
As might well be imagined from the lyrics, this was my first song written during the quarantine… Words and music by Joseph Abbott I have to get off Twitter nowI need to give the news a restI’m only getting crazierThe more I stay abreastI need to take some time awayFrom the troubles of this placeA book, a show, a game to playSomewhere I can put on a braver face In another world, I can cool my worriesIn another world, I can ease my painIn another world, I can be the hero and save the day againWhen this world gets to be too much to bearI know that another’s waiting there…
This Is Fine
The inspiration for this is pretty self-explanatory, I think. Words and music by Joseph AbbottInspired by the webcomic “Gunshow” by KC Green It’s a beautiful morning, the city’s on fireThis. Is. Fine.Our circumstances are not at all direThis. Is. Fine.Everything’s normal as normal can beThough what “normal” means now, we can’t quite agreeWhat it means tomorrow, I guess that we’ll seeThis. Is. Fine. The market’s rebounding and so are the deadThis. Is. Fine.Our Glorious Leader is out of his headThis. Is. Fine.We have to reopen, no matter the priceWe have to be willing to sacrificeBy “we” I mean “you,” of course — isn’t that nice?This. Is. Fine. PROBABLY SLIGHTLY FRANTIC…
Fax Paladin, Houston
