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Leslie Feist

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I'm a stem now
Pushing the drought aside
Opening up
Fanning my yellow eye
On the ferry
That's making the waves wave
Illumination
This is how my heart behaves.
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"How My Heart Behaves"

 
Leslie Feist

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