Enjoy this virtual performance of a pandemic-themed parody of Billy Joel’s For the Longest Time, offered by students in Dana Self’s Upper School Chamber Choir class. The tune humorously laments the realities of life during the pandemic.
Whoa, oh, oh For the Longest Time
Whoa, oh, oh For the Longest
I have been at home in quarantine
Stopping spread of COVID-19
What else would I do?
Don’t want this virus from you
I haven’t left here for the longest time
Exercise by jogging ‘round my room
Online meetings taking place on Zoom
Though this is safer We’re out of toilet paper!
We haven’t left here for the longest time.
Whoa, oh, oh For the Longest Time
Whoa, oh, oh For the Longest
Teachers try to teach their kids online
Somehow this needs twice as much prep time!
Self-isolation is how we help our nation
We haven’t left here for the longest time
Maybe this won’t last very long
There’s no end in sight
Though I could be wrong
Maybe I’ve been hoping too hard
But we’ve come this far,
And the curve’s getting flatter
If you choose to venture out today
Stay at least 6 feet away!
Can’t take no chances, given certain circumstances
We’ll be at home for the longest time
I had hopeful thoughts at start
I said to myself I will do my part
Washing hands, not touching my face
I long for your embrace
And it’s all that I hope for
It’s my job to do all the right things
Social distancing as I sing
I miss you so bad!
But I think you ought to know that
I intend to stay here for the longest time
Whoa, oh, oh For the Longest Time
Whoa, oh, oh For the Longest Time
Whoa, oh, oh For the Longest Time
Whoa, oh, oh For the Longest Time
Adapted lyrics by Nicholle Andrews & Zach Timson.