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Take it easy, take it easyDon't let the sound of your own wheelsDrive you crazy.
Jackson Browne
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Jackson Browne
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 9
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Clyde Jackson Browne
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And while the future's there for anyone to change, still you know it's seems, It would be easier sometimes to change the past.
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The first to come and the last to go, working for that minimum wage.
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Now if I seem to be afraidTo live the life that I have made in songWell it's just that I've been losing so long.
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Let the disappointments pass Let the laughter fill your glass Let the illusions last until they shatter Whatever you might hope to find among the thoughts that crowd your mind There won't be many that ever really matter.
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