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Oh won't you stay Stay a while with your own ones Don't ever stray Stray so far from your own ones 'Cause the world is so cold Don't care nothing for your soul That you share with your own ones.

Van Morrison

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Van Morrison
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 31
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