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"Här under är askan av en man som hade vanan att skjuta allt till morgondagen. Dock bättrades han p? sitt yttersta och dog verkligen den 31 januari 1972"
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Text in Swedish, roughly translated "Here beneath is the ashes of a man who was in habit of always postponing everything till the day after. However, at last he improved and really died Jan 31 1972."

 

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So I guess I'll remain the same
Sittin' here restin' my bones.
Wish this loneliness would leave me alone.
For 2,000 miles I roamed
Just to make this dock my home.
Sittin' on the dock of the bay
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