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Won't you look down upon me Jesus, you've got to help me make a stand. You just got to see me through another day.

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James Taylor
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 12
Guitarist
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
James Vernon Taylor
Religion
Jesus
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Stand
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