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I made wine from the lilac tree/Put my heart in its recipe/It makes me see what I want to see/And be what I want to be

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Nina Simone
Age: 75 †
Born: 1933
Born: February 21
Died: 2008
Died: April 21
Composer
Jazz Pianist
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Tryon
North Carolina
Eunice Kathleen Waymon
High Priestess of Soul
Heart
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Lilac
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Wine
Tree
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