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You move just a finger, say the slightest word, something's bound to linger-be heard.

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Stephen Sondheim
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: March 22
Author
Composer
Dramaturge
Librettist
Lyricist
Musician
Poet
Screenwriter
Songwriter
New York City
New York
Stephen Joshua Sondheim
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Slightest
Moving
Finger
Something
Bound
Bounds
Fingers
Move
Justice
Heard
Linger

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