We’re entitled to sleep late on plague day
after all we can’t go out and play
They’ve closed the restaurant, beaches, and café
Johns Hopkins posts new cases every day
Blue collar people have to work away
It’s tough to be essential, others say
At Tyson, Hunt, and Walmart they must stay
Soldiers go patrolling night and day
The mayor tells us we have to go away
the bailout comes tomorrow, not today
unless we’re rich enough to pay to play
and then the government will find a way
The Internet is leading some astray
in porn and violence they have lost their way
with games that tally up the bloody fray
Johns Hopkins posts new cases every day
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