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Tuesday, 3 October 2017

Tom Petty RIP

So long
Then
Thomas Earl Petty.

Yes.
You were a
Heartbreaker
And a
Wilbury.

Keith's mum bought
Your first album
In '77.

She was an
American girl;
Fooled again.
Didn't like it.

And now it's
Breakdown.



E. J. Zimmerman 11 ¾

Posted by Colin at 00:46

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