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If you wrap yourself in daffodils I will wrap myself in pain...

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Adam Duritz
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: August 1
Musician
Pianist
Singer
Baltimore
Maryland
Adam Fredric Duritz
Daffodils
Daffodil
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Pain

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