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Don't start me talking, I could talk all night. My mind goes sleepwalking while I'm putting the world right.

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
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Sleepwalking
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Night
Putting
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World
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