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Theres so many fish in the sea That only rise up in the sweat and smoke like mercury

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
Fish
Fishes
Smoke
Rise
Sea
Many
Mercury
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Sweat

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