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The drunk kids, the catholics They're all about the same They're waiting for something Hoping to be saved

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Conor Oberst
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: February 15
Guitarist
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Omaha
Nebraska
Conor Mullen Oberst
Catholics
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