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Stay Home

Another new day; not sure what day it is,
or what it is I’m supposed to do
or what I would have been doing if it weren’t for
this weird state of affairs that we’re going through.

Finding purpose in making my breakfast
then it’s off to find out who I might be
that is, as long as I keep to the house or the yard
and not let cabin fever take a hold of me.

Hard to shelter in place these days,
or to not feel just a little bit lost and alone
but I tell myself to be brave and strong
and stay calm, stay safe, stay home.

Trying to grasp the odd situation here
while fending off uncertainty that just lingers in the air
it’s hard not to succumb to the hopelessness of it all
or to what’s happening to the rest of the world out there.

With a timeline uncertain, no cure in sight
and with the government on the run
I guess it’s alright to just sit here and compose another song
and make myself believe I’m getting something done.

In the demographics of being old,
I can’t just go out into the world and roam,
so for the foreseeable future I’ll have to be content
to stay calm, stay safe, stay home.

Besides the worries of my health, and all the caustic news
and the ambiguity of each and every day
is the not knowing when this whole thing will finally end
and we can all get back to normal and go on our way.

Still not sure exactly what day it is,
only that I might as well make it a big deal
Because we got the family cyber-visiting with Zoom this afternoon
I’m off to a good start for my psyche to heal.

Finding purpose is a state of mind,
I’m somewhere between chaos and Zen
fighting off my psychosomatic inclinations
to be ready when the world opens up again.

Settling in for an adventure in the yard;
searching to discover a new unknown
as I tell myself to be happy with the way things are;
stay calm, stay safe, stay home.
Yeah, stay calm, stay safe, stay home.

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from When The World Opens Up Again, released July 4, 2020

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Lord Baldwin Olympia, Washington

Lord Baldwin has created 44 ALBUMS
between 1991 and 2001

Between 2011 and 2023, created, 23 ALBUMS

Published a 4-book series called, “Stepping Between The Ants”

A 4-book series called, “From The Lost Letters Sent” chronicling the first 44 albums' songs created between 1968 to 2001

As playwright, wrote a musical play (book) called;
““RESILIENT the Musical” A Web-Based Episodic Play & Story” ... more

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