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Plant your love and let it grow.

Eric Clapton

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Eric Clapton
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: March 30
Autobiographer
Composer
Guitarist
Jazz Musician
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Singer
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Ripley
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Eric Patrick Clapton
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Plant
Grow
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All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave.
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