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Well I was born to run, to get ahead of the rest. And all that I wanted was to be the best Just to feel free and be someone I was born to be fast, I was born to run .
Emmylou Harris
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Emmylou Harris
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 12
Country Singer
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Singer-Songwriter
Birmingham
Alabama
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Mediocrity is gonna kill the world before Armageddon ever does.
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