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No one understands the lyrics
I spent so many years slaving over lyrics as a songwriter. I thought if I could just nail the right turn of phrase, I’d get some of that Dylan/Cohen shine on my band’s tracks. Plus, I wasn’t a very good singer so the pressur…
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