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Where the search for the truth is conducted with a wink and a nod And where power and position are equated with the grace of God These times are famine for the soul while for the senses it's a feast From the edge of my country, as far as you see, looking east

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Jackson Browne
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 9
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Clyde Jackson Browne
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We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again.
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The first to come and the last to go, working for that minimum wage.
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