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Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?

Tom Petty

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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
Jr.
Somewhere
Somebody
Inspirational
Tell
Revel
Around
Kicked
Must
Abandon
Lays
Somehow

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