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Dylan’s I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight.
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What song would you want played at your funeral?Originally asked
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If I Can Dream, by Elvis Presley.
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My wife says the Minute Waltz.
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Something triumphant, I couldn’t tell you what but something vibrant and joyous.
Julian Sands
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Rufus Wainwright’s Get Happy.
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Now, by far. Old enough to know time’s short, young enough to use it.
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