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I'm able to draw outside my own personal experiences. No one wants to hear the song about what I really did today, which is go get coffee and clean my apartment.

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Craig Finn
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 22
Musician
Singer
Boston
Massachusetts
Outside
Personal
Wants
Apartment
Hear
Draw
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Coffee
Experiences
Today
Draws
Able
Clean
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