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I can't say anymore than I love you. Anything else would be a waste of breath.

Elvis Costello

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Elvis Costello
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: August 25
Composer
Guitarist
Record Producer
Singer-Songwriter
London
England
Declan Patrick MacManus
Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus
Declan MacManus
Else
Anything
Would
Love
Breath
Breaths
Anymore
Waste
Marriage

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