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Elvis Costello
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: August 25
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Declan Patrick MacManus
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The cost of living in sin would make a poor man out of Paul Getty.
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No use wishing now for any other sin.
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Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal. I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequel.
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I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness. I crave the silhouette of your kiss.
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Sometimes I write notes that I have difficulty singing. And you start talking yourself out of the bold melody and start wanting to arrange it in another key or something. Maybe I just never learned my harmony part, because what everybody says sounds odd to them sounds perfectly natural to me.
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