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How Long Can This Possibly Go On

from A Masterpiece Of Indecision by The Black Elephant Band

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recorded and mixed by DOMI BACK
mastered by MICHI WINKLER

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i bought no ink all summer
i bought no ink all winter
it's not even the money i'd spend
it's more of a social experiment
do i need to buy ink this summer?
do i need to buy ink this winter?
for quite a long time now
i've been studying the question
how long can i possibly go without a printer?

the ink has run dry
it's all dead inside
but it has a passive kind of beauty
the way it sits there next to my desk
so it's probably best not to tinker
with my dusty, old, comatose printer

you might say it is lazy
you might say it's naive
but i got friendly neighbors
and an office job
does that make me a leech?
does that make me a thief?
sometimes i do ride my bike
to the printing shop
but how long can i possibly go without a printer?

the ink has run dry,
it's all dead inside
but it reminds me that there are so many things
that we don't really need
and most things you can get used, second hand,
recycled and really cheap
and that is very much
good enough
for little old me

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from A Masterpiece Of Indecision, released April 12, 2020

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The Black Elephant Band Nuremberg, Germany

„[...] ungeschliffene, gestochen scharf auf den Punkt kommende, englischsprachige
Songminitaturen voll von schrägem Humor und bitterbösen Weltbetrachtungen, die schlecht
gestimmte Gitarre schnörkellos rudimentär, die Stimme ein wütendes Knurren, kaum ein Lied
länger als zweieinhalb Minuten. Wunderbar!“ (NN)

"Schräger Antifolk mit Bart, Klampfe und Mundharmonika. Zum Verlieben!" (A&F)
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