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I don’t care as long as everyone knows the words and joins in.
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Mike Skinner
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I'd like to write my funeral song.
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Something by Leonard Cohen, I haven’t figured out which song yet.
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That will depend on when and how I die, but you couldn’t beat The Birdie Song to set the right tone.
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The baby monitor. Followed by my own fake snores.
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