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I Don't Know How Long

from One More Drop by The Dangling Participles

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This is Austin's Covid song. It is dedicated to all the parents who were trying work a demanding job or study full time while also parenting and trying to shepherd their kids through online schooling.

lyrics

I get up before the sun
To start the chores that are never done,
Then it’s breakfast, remind the kids to brush their teeth.

Get ‘em both logged in to their devices,
Cameras on, mics off.
We’ve all made sacrifices beyond belief.

I don’t know how long
I don’t know how long
I don’t know how long
I don’t know how long

Lunch dishes unwashed in the sink
Lord, what I’d give for just one drink
But there's a voice: I am needed all the time.
I fold laundry through my department meeting,
Mute the mic, the kids are screaming,
My two worlds competing for my time.

I don’t know how long
I don’t know how long
I don’t know how long
I don’t know how long

Now normally I can keep it all together,
But another storm’s a’comin’ that I’ve got to weather
And I just don’t know how long
I can be the one who is always strong.
Don’t know how long.
I can be strong.

The kids are tucked in bed,
It’s the first quiet that I’ve had.
In this day that seems like a week.
I got a deadline fast approaching,
On this project that’s poaching my time,
And encroaching on my sleep.

I don’t know how long
I don’t know how long
I don’t know how long
I don’t know how long

Now normally I can keep it all together,
But another storm’s a’comin’ that I’ve got to weather
And I just don’t know how long
I can be the one who is always strong.
Don’t know how long.
I can be strong.

Now normally I can keep it all together,
But another storm’s a’comin’ that I’ve got to weather
And I just don’t know how long
I can be the one who is always...

Now normally I can keep it all together,
But another storm’s a’comin’ that I’ve got to weather
And I just don’t know how long
I can be the one who is always strong.

Normally I can keep it all together,
But another storm’s a’comin’ that I’ve got to weather
And I just don’t know how long
I can be the one who is always strong...
Don’t know how long.
I can be strong.

I don’t know how long
I don’t know how long
I don’t know how long
I don’t know how long
I don’t know how long
I don’t know how long
I don’t know how long
I don’t know how long

credits

from One More Drop, released December 2, 2022
by Austin Kaufmann (2020)

Austin Kaufmann | vocals, acoustic guitar, resonator, mandolin
Tamiko Rothhorn | vocals
Tim Patterson | vocals, bass
Dan Moreno | vocals, percussion

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The Dangling Participles Lansing, Michigan

The Dangling Participles are a jazzy indie-folk band from Lansing, MI.

Members:

Austin Kaufmann (vocals, guitars, harmonica)

Tamiko Rothhorn (vocals, cornet, ukulele)

Tim Patterson (bass, piano)

Dan Moreno
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