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,,###,#,,# OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS  AND  STREAMS   AND #,,#,,,#,#
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##,,,,,,## SUN IS ABOUT TO  RISE. ITS A  LONG  DAY, ,,,##,###,
#,#,,,,,#, BEFORE  IT  FADES  TO  NIGHT AGAIN,  AND #,,#,##,,#
,###,,,,## THEN IT  STAYS SO  UNTIL I  FALL ASLEEP. ,#,###,#,#
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,,,,,#,,## DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE  IS  FILLED WITH #,,,,#,#,,
,,,,,##,#, DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM  INTRIGUING, ,#,,,####,
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,,,#####,# DOG  (WHO  IS  RIDICOLOUSLY   LARGE  AND ,,,,####,,
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,,##,,,### OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR  FOR ME, ,##,#,,,,,
,,#,#,,#,, AND TELL  TALES  OF  THE  OLD  WORLD.  I ##,###,,,,
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###,,#,,,, LARGE  SPRAWLING  CITY, WHERE  MY  RADIO ,,#,,,##,#
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#,,###,#,, - THINGS  ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ###,#,###,
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