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You think you're alone until you realize you're in it. Now fear is here to stay, love is here for a visit.

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
Alone
Fear
Love
Think
Thinking
Visit
Realize
Stay
Realizing

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