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Dancin' in the welfare lines.

Rickie Lee Jones

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Rickie Lee Jones
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 8
Composer
Guitarist
Jazz Musician
Musician
Record Producer
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Chicago
Illinois
Duchess of Coolsville
Welfare
Dancing
Lines

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