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I love you more than anything in this world. I don't expect that will last.

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
Expect
Humor
Lasts
Last
Funny
Anything
Love
World

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