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Added June 1, 2015
As soon as I’m left alone
The devil wanders into my soul
Song
The Devil
PJ Harvey
Released
2007
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The fire in the tobacco barn was starting to rage, and inside was the most wanted man in America: John Wilkes Booth, the traitor who had shot President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre 12 days earlier.
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I never imagined I would shoot a man. Or be a father. Or live so far from the sea.