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This is how it works You're young until you're not You love until you don't You try until you can't You laugh until you cry You cry until you laugh And everyone must breathe Until their dying breath.

Regina Spektor

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Regina Spektor
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: February 18
Composer
Guitarist
Lyricist
Musician
Pianist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Moscow
Russian SFSR
Trying
Cry
Love
Laugh
Dying
Works
Laughing
Breath
Everyone
Breaths
Young
Chaos
Must
Breathe

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