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It's good to be young, but let's not kid ourselves/ It's better to pass on through those years and come out the other side/ With our hearts still beating/ Having stared down demons/ Come back breathing.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
Years
Kids
Demons
Good
Stills
Beating
Young
Demon
Still
Breathing
Back
Pass
Better
Hearts
Come
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Heart
Sides
Stared

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