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>> Thompson: TWO-TIME ROCK AND

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ROLL HALL-OF-FAMER GRAHAM NASH

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IS FAMOUS FOR WRITING AND

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PERFORMING CLASSIC ROCK STAPLES

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LIKE "TEACH YOUR CHILDREN" AND

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"OUR HOUSE" WITH THE BAND

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CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG.

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BUT HE RECENTLY PLAYED A SET OF

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SHOWS CENTERED AROUND SOME MUSIC

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HE'S FAR LESS KNOWN FOR.

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NEWSHOUR WEEKEND'S TOM CASCIATO

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HAS MORE.

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>> Reporter: IT'S NOT JUST HIS

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FANS WHO APPRECIATE THAT GRAHAM

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NASH IS STILL GOING STRONG AT

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77.

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>> NICE TO BE BACK.

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>> Reporter: SO DOES GRAHAM

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NASH.

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>> AT MY AGE, IT'S NICE TO BE

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ANYWHERE.

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( LAUGHTER )

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>> Reporter: BUT SOME OF HIS

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RECENT SHOWS MIGHT SEEM CURIOUS

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TO THOSE WHO KNOW HIM ONLY FOR

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HIS HITS.

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>> ♪ PEOPLE LIVE AND LEARN

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BUT YOU'RE STILL LEARNING. ♪

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>> Reporter: HE HAS DECADES'

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WORTH OF CHART-TOPPERS TO DRAW

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>> ♪ DRIVING ME TO

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THE AIRPORT. ♪

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>> Reporter: ...BUT HE RECENTLY

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DID SHOWS FEATURING HIS LESSER-

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KNOWN FIRST TWO SOLO ALBUMS IN

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THEIR ENTIRETY, AND YOU HAVE TO

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WONDER WHY.

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THERE ARE CERTAINLY ARTISTS OF

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YOUR GENERATION WHO GO BACK AND

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REVISIT THEIR FINEST COMMERCIAL

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MOMENT IF NOT THEIR FINEST

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ARTISTIC MOMENT.

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>> I WANT TO BE AS REAL AS

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POSSIBLE.

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I'M COMING TO THE END OF MY

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LIFE.

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I'M 77 YEARS OLD RIGHT NOW.

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HOW MUCH LONGER CAN THIS GO ON?

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I HOPE TO BE AROUND FOR AT LEAST

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THE NEXT 30, 40 YEARS, BUT I

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MIGHT DROP DEAD IN THE MIDDLE OF

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THIS CONVERSATION.

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>> Reporter: WITH NO TIME LIKE

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THE PRESENT TO DO IT, NASH KICKS

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OFF THE SHOW WITH THE OPENER

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FROM HIS FIRST ALBUM, "SONGS FOR

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BEGINNERS."

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>> ♪ IN AN UPSTAIRS ROOM IN

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BLACKPOOL. ♪

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>> Reporter: IT STARTS WITH HIS

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BIRTH IN THE MIDST OF WORLD WAR

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II IN BLACKPOOL, ENGLAND.

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>> ♪ THE ARMY HAD MY FATHER

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AND MY MOTHER WAS HAVING ME. ♪

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DOING IN BLACKPOOL, WHICH WAS

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NOT YOUR HOMETOWN?

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>> NO, I LIVED IN SALFORD, WHICH

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IS A SMALL PART OF MANCHESTER IN

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THE NORTH OF ENGLAND.

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AND MANCHESTER WAS BEING BOMBED

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HEAVILY, AND PREGNANT LADIES

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THE KIND OF ENGAGING MELODY NASH

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SING-ALONG FEEL TO IT.

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CRATERS.

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>> WE WERE PLAYING IN BUILDINGS

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THAT COULD HAVE COLLAPSED ON US

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AT ANY MOMENT.

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AND IF MY PARENTS WOULD HAVE

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FOUND OUT, I WOULD'VE BEEN IN

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BIG TROUBLE.

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>> Reporter: THE ALBUM CAME OUT

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IN 1971, NASH JOINING A LIST OF

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ON THE CHARTS AT THE MOMENT

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"TIME" AS THE HOT NEW THING.

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IT FOLLOWED THE BREAKUP OF

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CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG AND

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ANOTHER BREAKUP WITH HIS LIVE-IN

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LOVE, JONI MITCHELL.

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BUT ON "SONGS FOR BEGINNERS,"

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EVEN LOST LOVE COULD RIDE ALONG

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ON A TUNEFUL WAVE THAT TOOK A

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BIT OF THE STING OUT.

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>> ♪ AND IN MY BED LATE AT NIGHT

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I MISS YOU. ♪

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IDEALISTIC AFFAIR.

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>> ♪ WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD

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RELEASED IN EARLY 1974, WAS

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SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN.

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RADIO, AT LEAST-- CONFESSIONAL

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POLISHED POP BALLADRY.

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>> ♪ AND WHEN I GO AWAY

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I KNOW MY HEART CAN STAY WITH MY

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LOVE. ♪

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>> Reporter: "MY LOVE" BY PAUL

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McCARTNEY.

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BARBRA STREISAND, "THE WAY WE

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WERE."

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YOU KNEW HOW TO WRITE LOVE

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SONGS, AND YOU KNEW HOW TO WRITE

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HITS.

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AND YET, WITH "WILD TALES," YOU

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WHAT WAS ON THE RADIO AT THE

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TIME.

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WHAT WAS ON YOUR MIND?

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>> ALL THE STUFF THAT'S IN "WILD

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TALES."

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ON THE LINE? ♪

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CHILDHOOD FOR INSPIRATION, BUT

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THE MEMORIES HURT THIS TIME.

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>> MY FATHER WAS AN ENGINEER.

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THREE KIDS, OF COURSE, BUT SHE

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FRIEND OF HIS AT WORK.

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AND ONE DAY, THE POLICE CAME TO

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OUR DOOR.

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FATHER HAD BOUGHT THE CAMERA

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BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT A CAMERA

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♪ ONE DAY, A FRIEND

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FROM A FRIEND

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THEY SAY I'VE DONE WRONG. ♪

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EXPERIENCE TO A PLEA FOR PRISON

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REFORM LONG BEFORE SUCH

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FAREWELL FOR MUCH TOO LONG

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♪ AND HERE'S A SONG TO SING

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"OH! CAMIL."

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MEDALS FOR ABSOLUTE BRAVERY.

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♪ OH, CAMIL

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HIMSELF WHERE HE REALIZED THAT

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WHAT HE HAD BEEN DOING ALL THESE

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YEARS WAS WRONG.

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♪ WILL YOU TELL ALL THE PEOPLE

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ABOUT THE PEOPLE YOU KILLED

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♪ NOT FOR GOD BUT FOR COUNTRY

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AND WAR. ♪

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WAR CRIMES FORUM SPONSORED BY

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THE GROUP VIETNAM VETERANS

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>> AND IF PEOPLE WERE IN THE

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VILLAGES YELLING AND SCREAMING,

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WE DIDN'T HELP THEM.

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WERE CONDITIONED TO BELIEVE

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THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS FOR

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THE... THE GOOD OF THE NATION,

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THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY, AND

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THAT ANYTHING WE DID WAS OKAY.

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>> ♪ OH, CAMIL, TELL ME WHAT

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DID YOUR MOTHER SAY

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♪ WHEN YOU LEFT THOSE PEOPLE

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OUT IN THE FIELDS

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♪ ROTTING ALONG WITH THE HAY? ♪

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ANTI-WAR SONG, "OH! CAMIL" WAS

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>> ♪ DID YOU SHOW HER YOUR GUNS?

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YOU WORE? ♪

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>> Reporter: "DID YOU SHOW THEM

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THE EARS THAT YOU WORE?"

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I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT

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WHEN I FIRST HEARD THAT SONG.

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>> SOME AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN THE

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VIETNAM WAR WERE GUNG-HO ENOUGH

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TO... WHEN THEY KILLED THEIR

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ENEMIES, THAT THEY WOULD CUT OFF

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THEIR EARS AND MAKE A BRACELET

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OF THEM TO WEAR.

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♪ WILL YOU TELL ALL THE PEOPLE

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NOT FOR COUNTRY AND WAR. ♪

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>> Reporter: HIS LOST LOVE, JONI

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MITCHELL, MADE AN EXPRESSIVE

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PAINTING OF NASH FOR THE ALBUM'S

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BACK COVER.

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AND IT WAS HER HAUNTING,

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WORDLESS VOCALS THAT BROUGHT THE

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RECORD TO A CLOSE ON A TUNE

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CALLED "ANOTHER SLEEP SONG."

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IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE WRITING

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ABOUT BEING FLAT-OUT

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DEPRESSED...

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>> Reporter: ...IN THAT SONG.

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>> I AM.

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I... I WAS AVOIDING THE DAY.

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I WAS AVOIDING SUNLIGHT.

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I WAS ALMOST LIKE A...

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...ALMOST LIKE A VAMPIRE.

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♪ ALL I NEED

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IS SOMEONE TO AWAKEN ME

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♪ MUCH OF ME

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HAS GONE TO SLEEP. ♪

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>> Reporter: THE MELODIES WERE

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THERE AND THE WORDS WERE DEEPLY

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FELT, BUT "WILD TALES" WAS

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GRAHAM NASH'S FIRST COMMERCIAL--

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THOUGH NOT ARTISTIC-- FAILURE.

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YOU MADE AN ALBUM WHERE YOU HAD

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SYMPATHY FOR INCARCERATED

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PEOPLE, WHERE YOU WROTE VIVIDLY

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ABOUT WAR CRIMES, AND YOU ENDED

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THE RECORD WITH A SONG ABOUT

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BEING THOROUGHLY AND UTTERLY

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DEPRESSED.

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LOOKING BACK, CAN YOU SEE WHY IT

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MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ONE OF YOUR

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BIG HITS?

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I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND.

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I WAS DEPRESSED, YOU KNOW?

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AND THE MUSIC SHOWS IT.

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BUT THAT'S ALL I'VE EVER WRITTEN

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ABOUT IS WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME.

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I'VE GOT MONEY, AND I'VE GOT

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FAME.

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AND I'VE GOT ALL THOSE OTHER

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THINGS, YOU KNOW, THAT I NEVER

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WANTED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

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BUT I'M STILL THIS PERSON THAT

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FEELS VERY DEEPLY ABOUT MANY

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THINGS.

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♪ WE CAN HEED THE CALL

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WE CAN TRIP AND FALL. ♪

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>> Reporter: WHICH BRINGS US

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BACK TO WHY HE'S SINGING THESE

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SONGS AT THIS MOMENT-- TO BE, IN

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HIS WORDS, AS REAL AS POSSIBLE

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WITH NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT.

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>> ♪ LET THE ASHES FALL

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UPON US ALL

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♪ OR NOT AT ALL

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IT'S IN US ALL. ♪