W. Earl Brown Quotes

I remember vividly, as a kid, my mother had 'Jesus Was a Capricorn' and used to listen to it over and over and over.

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• I remember vividly, as a kid, my mother had 'Jesus Was a Capricorn' and used to listen to it over and over and over.

  

  W. Earl Brown
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  • Mother
  • Kid