2025 Competition Entry:
Ms. J by Alex Sterling
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Genre
Rock
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Performer(s)
My band, Desoto Reds: Jeremiah Johnson on drums, Dan Lieberman on bass, Scott Yowell on lap steel, and me on vocals and guitar.
Description
It was the first week of January, 2022, I had just started writing songs again, and we were in the Omicron phase of the Covid pandemic. My wife, who goes by Ms. J with her elementary school students in Oakland, CA, comes down with Covid 19 on Thursday, I write this song on Saturday, and I test positive for Covid on Monday.
Bio
East Bay indie rock band Desoto Reds features literate and catchy songwriting, unpredictable arrangements, and psychedelic lap steel and organ. Desoto Reds have released multiple albums, made it into the CMJ top 200 once, and have played countless shows in the Bay Area, including, many moons ago, an opening slot with Of Montreal. We’re too rocking to be jangle pop, too melodic to be prog rock, too angular for classic rock, and not young enough to be emo.
Reformed in 2021, the Reds have lots of new songs, recorded by a teenaged producer named AddieSteri. The band features Alex Sterling (guitar/vocals), Jeremiah Johnson (drums), Scott Yowell (lap steel and keyboards), and Dan Lieberman (bass).
Reformed in 2021, the Reds have lots of new songs, recorded by a teenaged producer named AddieSteri. The band features Alex Sterling (guitar/vocals), Jeremiah Johnson (drums), Scott Yowell (lap steel and keyboards), and Dan Lieberman (bass).
Lyrics
Ms. J
Come here, infect me please, with a cough or a sneeze
There’s nowhere else that I would rather be
Hide me in a Netflix cave, stream me on your service babe,
Hold me in your viral everyday
Lose your mask in a tree, stick me to a terry sleeve,
Keep your chemical body here
Come here, expose me to, everything that’s really you,
I’ll always clean my brushes Ms J
Lay me flat with Omicron, clear the break with slippers on,
Manage the infection my love
Worry bout the variants, in bedrooms like elephants,
Keep the airway clear for major sevenths dear
It’s been many years, with you up in here,
the kids are grown and gone, not yet but soon my dear
I am incurable, we are ineffable too
So come here infect me please, give me all of the disease, perch me on your wing like a song
Respirate into my ear, hold me long and hold me near,
Keep me in your kiln, Ms J
Ms J
Come here, infect me please, with a cough or a sneeze
There’s nowhere else that I would rather be
Hide me in a Netflix cave, stream me on your service babe,
Hold me in your viral everyday
Lose your mask in a tree, stick me to a terry sleeve,
Keep your chemical body here
Come here, expose me to, everything that’s really you,
I’ll always clean my brushes Ms J
Lay me flat with Omicron, clear the break with slippers on,
Manage the infection my love
Worry bout the variants, in bedrooms like elephants,
Keep the airway clear for major sevenths dear
It’s been many years, with you up in here,
the kids are grown and gone, not yet but soon my dear
I am incurable, we are ineffable too
So come here infect me please, give me all of the disease, perch me on your wing like a song
Respirate into my ear, hold me long and hold me near,
Keep me in your kiln, Ms J
Ms J
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