Count With Me

The phones are off
Media too
The neighbours have passwords
No way through
Nothing is beeping
No one is buzzing
Radio silence
Just me and you
The interns are sleeping
The boss got the flu
The deadlines are dead to me now
No work to do
Nothing to report
No one to court
The conference concluded
It’s just us two
So darling
Count with me,
Count with me
In the twenty-first century
The guests overstayed
So we bid them goodbye
This storm is strong
But we’re in the eye
The plumber he pumped
The builders they banged
But the scaffolding’s down
It’s just you and I
So darling
Count with me,
Count with me
In the twenty-first century
The protest is over
The police are gone
They diverted the birds
This is a no-fly zone
Way past the curfew
Time to go home
It’s all boiled down
We’re finally alone
So darling
Count with me,
Count with me
In this crazy century