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You've had to struggle, you've had to fight To keep understanding and compassion in sight You could be laughing at me, you've got the right But you go on smiling so clear and so bright

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Jackson Browne
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 9
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Clyde Jackson Browne
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