*
Press forward
If the rewind
is out of order
Kaputt gemacht

You have to press the
forward button
To get back

But first to the end
of one side
and then turn the tape
to the second side

And do press forward
once more
to the end of the
other side

Now turn the tape
to the first once more
There you push the
play button

In that way you can
listen from start
To the sounds you perhaps
missed before

It´s a possible solution
even if the rewind broke down

**
And the sounds that
sounds false
You don´t have
to save them either

Press the record button
While you still can
To let the wrong sounds
be leaved left

In the best function
the new sound
will totally drawn
the wrong ones

***
Be aware
the tape
must be handled
with care

It´s easy
to tear
the ribbon
in the middle of a tune

And keep in mind
You can´t rewind
There´s no easy way
to get back

****
And also
You cannot
overlay
too many times

Some where there
is a limit
Even for the strongest
tape

I think that
When you, though you
tried to overlay the bitter tunes,
still can hear them finding
their way through

And they create a headache
in your frail heart

You will be
forced to
just throw
the tape away

To be recycled

And find
an other
search for
the new

*****
(Or in
your drawer chest
pick up an old tape
Still not cracked
nor worned through)

******
Or for a while
you might
listen to your
record player

*******
Or turn on your
old gramophone
and play an old 78 record
from His Masters Voice

As a temporary
relief
for your senses
and mind

Copyright © 2010 EMCA

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Some nice music for the tape:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DoLDr25fSs
(Martha Tilston and the Woods - Good World,
at The Big Green Gathering 2007)

And from the 78 record (stenkaka)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCG3kJtQBKo
(Lena Horne, Live! (1943))