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Take back your insurance, baby, nothing is guaranteed. Take back your acid rain, let your TV bleed.

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
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Rain
Baby
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Nothing
Bleed
Take
Guaranteed
Acid
Insurance

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