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Do me wrong, do me right, tell me lies, but hold me tight.

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James Taylor
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 12
Guitarist
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
James Vernon Taylor
Tight
Lies
Hold
Wrong
Lying
Tell
Right

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