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,###,##,## BEFORE  IT  FADES  TO NIGHT  AGAIN,  AND ,,#,##,,,,
,#,,##,##, THEN  IT STAYS SO UNTIL  I  FALL ASLEEP. ,,###,#,,,
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####,###,, MIRRORS, PRISMS,  AND VARIOUS  THINGS TO ,##,#,,#,,
#,,,##,,#, DO ART  WITH. THE FRIDGE IS  FILLED WITH ,#,###,##,
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,,,,,#,##, OF THEIR LIVES,  PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ,,###,,#,#
#,,,,###,# AND  TELL TALES  OF  THE  OLD  WORLD.  I #,#,,#,###
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