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I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars

Tom Waits

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Tom Waits
Age: 74
Born: 1949
Born: December 7
Actor
Composer
Guitarist
Jazz Guitarist
Pianist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Writer
Pomona
California
Thomas Alan Waits
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Grin
Moonlight
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Stars

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