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I'm singin' this borrowed tune I took from the Rolling Stones,
Alone in this empty room, too wasted to write my own.
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Borrowed Tune

 

Neil Young

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Little Richard is twice as valid artistically and important historically as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones put together.

 

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