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So on and on I go, the seconds tick the time out There's so much left to know, and I'm on the road to find out.

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Cat Stevens
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 21
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Singer-Songwriter
Steven Demetre Georgiou
Yusuf Islam
Yusuf
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