It’s Not New for the Normal to be New

Sometimes a change is an upgrade

For a better existence we crave

And thus we now live in a warm house

And don’t shiver inside a damp cave

Or maybe we tire of fashion

And yearn for a day very soon

When we cast off the custom of corsets

For breeches and pantaloons

The new normal might come some gusto

That’s embraced with an unbridled glee

Ditch gramophone records and big bands

As we rush to get colour TVs

Other times change is unwelcome

Its just something we have to embrace

Politics, illness, bad neighbours

Or wearing a mask on our face

Our life will have only one constant

Which I shall now pass on to you

The only thing certain and for certain

Is the change that we have to live through

It might not be something we long for

But before long it will stop being new

To have a new normal is normal

Because its normal to have something new