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Do you see how you hurt me, baby? So I hurt you too. Then we both get so blue. I am on a lonely road and I am traveling, looking for the key to set me free.

Joni Mitchell

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Joni Mitchell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 7
Guitarist
Musician
Painter
Photographer
Poet
Record Producer
Recording Artist
Singer
Songwriter
Roberta Joan Anderson
Roberta Joan Joni Mitchell
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Missing
Baby
Hurt
Looking
Traveling
Free
Lonely
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