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The Skye Boat Song.
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Sadie Frost
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Come Together, by The Beatles.
Louis Walsh
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Crazy by Patsy Cline.
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I’ve been through a lot of grief in my life and there are intimate moments where you need to bawl your eyes out. As the dead person, I want to say: this is a moment you cannot control, life goes to shit sometimes. So I would choose Don’t Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin; some things you can’t change.
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We Weren’t Born To Follow by Bon Jovi.
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