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I started to sink like the moon tends to do if you stare at it too long Then you blink and it's gone.

Conor Oberst

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Conor Oberst
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: February 15
Guitarist
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Omaha
Nebraska
Conor Mullen Oberst
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Blink
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Stare
Sink
Tends
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Moon
Started
Gone

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