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feel that he was envisioning. I asked to rewrite it, and he was receptive, so I wrote a story about running away and trying to escape something."
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27:For other uses, see
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722:Louis Clark
462:Philippines
325:Album cover
192:Perspective
1375:Categories
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1301:Daisy Jane
1259:I Need You
1201:In Concert
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273:The Border
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216:folk rock
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1024:Holiday
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601:"Honey"
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