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For the ones who had a notion, A notion deep inside, That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive I wanna find one face that ain't looking through me I wanna find one place, I wanna spit in the face of these badlands

Bruce Springsteen

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Bruce Springsteen
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: September 23
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