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Nick Lowe - "Cruel to Be Kind" [mp3]
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Having apprenticed with '60s band Kippington Lodge and '70s pub-rock pioneers Brinsley Schwarz, Nick Lowe became a shining beacon of traditional pop values-wit, concision, unbanishable tunes-amidst the punk […]
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Oh, I can't take another heartache
Though you say, oh my friend, I'm at my wit's end
You say your love is bonafide [genuine; true], but that don't coincide
With the things that you do and when I ask you to be nice
You say you've got to be…
Cruel to be kind in the […]
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