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I'm still basically the same as I always was. I still listen to the same people. That's where I'm coming from.
Van Morrison
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Van Morrison
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 31
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Well I've got to get out of the rat-race now I'm tired of the ways of mice and men And the empires all turning into rust again. Out of everything nothing remains the same That's why I'm cloud hidden Cloud hidden Whereabouts unknown.
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Do you remember the time darlin' when everything made more sense in the world? Oh I remember, I remember... when life made more sense... Take me back, take me back, take me way back... to when life made more sense.
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