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Last dance with Mary Jane One more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin' in and I'm Tired of this town again

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Tom Petty
Age: 66 †
Born: 1950
Born: October 20
Died: 2017
Died: October 2
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Gainesville
Florida
Thomas Earl Petty
Charlie T. Wilbury
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Dance
Kill
Jane
Lasts
Mary
Last
Town
Pain
Towns
Feel
Summer
Feels
Time
Tired

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