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What seems conceit, bad manners or cynicism is always a sign of things no ear have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone.

Lucinda Williams

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Lucinda Williams
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: January 26
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Lake Charles
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Lucinda Gayl Williams
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