Just in case you want to sing along with our version of Twisted Sister’s We’re Not Gonna Take It, here are the lyrics.
Also, the original music video is totally worth watching. We didn’t master the makeup but I think we did the hair pretty well.
Here is the Joneses’ version and down below I’ll paste the original Twisted Sister version.
We’re Not Gonna Get It (by the Joneses, aka Twisted Sister in a Time of Coronavirus)
We’re not gonna get it
No! We ain’t gonna get it
We’re not gonna get COVID19
We’ve got hand sanitizer
We wash for 20 seconds
This is our life. We’re stuck at home.
I’ll do the online school, fine
Don’t judge my video game time
Where are my friends? I’m all alone
We’re not gonna get it
No! We ain’t gonna get it
We’re not gonna get COVID19
Oh I’m so bored and antsy
There’s no point in dressing fancy
The school is shut, no work to do.
My life is stuck with these two
Pray that I will make it through
We’ve got TP and we’ve got canned food
Corona
Corona
We’re stuck (in Djibouti!)
We’re home (alone)
With luck (yeah)
We’re healthy (for now!)
We’re not gonna get it
No! We ain’t gonna get it
We’re not gonna get COVID19
We’re not gonna get it
No! We ain’t gonna get it
We’re not gonna get COVID19
Insha allah!
(music)
Corona
Corona
We’re stuck (in Djibouti!)
We’re home (alone)
With luck (yeah)
We’re healthy (for now!)
We’re not gonna get it
No! We ain’t gonna get it
We’re not gonna get COVID19
We’re not gonna get it
No! We ain’t gonna get it
We’re not gonna get COVID19
Just you try to infect us
We’re not gonna get it
No! We ain’t gonna get it
We’re not gonna get COVID19
Come on! You’re all coughing and sick
We’re not gonna get it
No! We ain’t gonna get it
We’re not gonna get COVID19
We’re not gonna get it
No! We ain’t gonna get it
We’re not gonna get COVID19
Don’t try to cough on me…
(we hope!)
And the original.
Now that was something!!!! We need to hear from the rest of this family with a video of there own!!!! Come on you can do it! Thank you for making us laugh today in the midst of everything thing else that is going on. Looks like you will have to start your 14 day quarantine all over again!! Love you all, The Thulin’s
Right?! We need those college kids to join us. Oh well – maybe when we get out of this and see them again we’ll do a part 2.
That was amazing! Thanks for giving all of us some much-needed levity. I’m just a stranger from Ohio whose been following you for years. Thank you for writing thoughtfully, challenging my thinking and broadening my horizon. (As an aside, your Covid-19 podcast is super helpful in keeping my own small challenges in perspective during this crazy time. Thank you.)
I’m SO glad the podcast is helpful. Its been fun for me, and a good way to process and so hearing it is serving others is awesome. And glad we could make you laugh, too!
Thanks! And greetings from lockdown in South Africa 🙂