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[upbeat guitar music]

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- Dan Rodriguez: Appleton,
I love your faces.

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It's so good to see you.

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How are ya?
[audience cheering]

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["Troubadour Family Man"
by Dan Rodriguez]

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? Well, I'm one more shot
in a hotel bar ?

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[upbeat acoustic guitar music]

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? And I'm a melted crayon
in the seat of the car ?

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? I'm an ashtray
on a balcony ?

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? And a Band-Aid
on a skinned red knee ?

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? I'm a downtown stage
singing out a tune ?

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? And a blanket fort
in the living room ?

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? I'm another
thousand-mile marks ?

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? And a bedtime story
in the dark ?

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? Well, sometimes I'm a sinner

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? And sometimes I'm a saint

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? Another highway song
about coming home ?

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? After every town I paint

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? I got one foot in the ocean

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? The other one in the sand

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? Ooh, troubadour family man

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Come on,
let me hear you out there!

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? Well, raise 'em up
and set 'em free ?

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? And show 'em
how to follow dreams ?

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? It's that easy
far as I can tell ?

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? To build a life
and live it well ?

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? Well, sometimes I'm a sinner

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? And sometimes I'm a saint

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? Another highway song
about coming home ?

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? After every town I paint

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? I got one foot in the ocean

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? The other one in the sand

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? Ooh, troubadour family man

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Make some noise out there,
Appleton!

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[audience cheering]

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[upbeat folk music]

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? Well, sometimes I'm a sinner

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? And sometimes I'm a saint

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? Another highway song
about coming home ?

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? After every town I paint

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? I got one foot in the ocean

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? The other one in the sand

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? Ooh, troubadour family man

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? I'm a troubadour family man

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? Yeah-eah-eah

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[audience applauding
and cheering]

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I think this is my ninth year
playing Mile of Music.

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My favorite thing about coming
here is seeing everybody.

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Everybody in the group
is really excited to be here

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because it just feels like
family everywhere we go.

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And, honestly, we're famous.

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We're famous here in Appleton.

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I'm not famous in other cities.

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I'm famous in Appleton, though!

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Whoo!

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[audience applauding
and cheering]

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Oh, all right,
I'm gonna do this.

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I can see you better, hi.

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[audience cheering]

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I recently fired
my inner critic.

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And he's, that inner critic,

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I've held myself back
from sharing lots of songs

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over the years
because I thought

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either they weren't worthy
of sharing or I was afraid.

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But lately, since I fired

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my voice of critic,
my inner critic

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and that voice of doubt,
nobody's around anymore

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to tell me it's a bad idea
to share new songs.

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[audience cheering]

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So I want to share one
with you guys.

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??

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This is a song I shelved
many years ago

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'cause I didn't think
it was worthy

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of seeing the light of day.

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I wrote this song
eight years ago.

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Really didn't start
playing it out until recently.

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But, uh...

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it's gonna be my very next
single that comes out.

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I already recorded it.

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[audience applauding
and cheering]

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[folksy acoustic guitar music]

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? Whoo, hmm hmm

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? Hmm hmm hmm

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? Hmm hmm

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You let me know
what you guys think after this.

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If you're excited about
another record coming out.

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[audience cheering]

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If this is a song
that you wanna hear.

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All right, we only have
a 50-minute set here.

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And I usually come in
and play for a couple of hours

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when I come into town,
and so I'll say this.

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We got a little bit of time,
and I'm gonna let,

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I'm gonna let go of everything
that I've been holding onto,

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all the stress
leading up to this moment,

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all the making sure,

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all the coordinating
and all the things.

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And I just wanna stop,
step out of it,

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and into this moment with you.

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Will you step into this moment
with us?

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[audience applauding
and cheering]

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["Wander" by Dan Rodriguez]

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? Nothing feels quite like 72

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? With the windows down

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? And all you can do

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? Is keep on rolling

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? And keep on
pressing through ?

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? Hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm

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? Seen the valley

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? And the mountains high

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? The winter haze

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? And the summer sky

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? This place is changing

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? And I'm changing, too

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? I wanna wander

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? Do you wanna
wander with me? ?

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? I know you wonder
what it feels like to be free ?

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? Come on, let go of all the
things you think you need ?

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? The world is a wonder

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? Do you wanna
wander with me? ?

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? Hmm hmm hmm

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? Hmm hmm hmm

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? It might be easy

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? To stay in one place

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? And always follow

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? The road that's paved

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? But your heart is asking

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? For a different view

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? Hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm

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? 'Cause all of the mystery

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? That this life holds

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? Like staying young

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? When you're growing old

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? You can find it

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? It's waiting out here
for you ?

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? I wanna wander

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? Do you wanna
wander with me? ?

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? And I know you wonder
what it feels like to be free ?

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? Come on, let go of all the
things you think you need ?

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? The world is a wonder

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? Do you wanna
wander with me? ?

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? Well, you can pack your bags

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? And leave 'em behind

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? 'Cause there's
a wide world out there ?

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? For you to find

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? I wanna wander

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? Do you wanna
wander with me? ?

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? And I know you wonder
what it feels like to be free ?

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? Come on, let go of all the
things you think you need ?

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? The world is a wonder

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? Ohh ohh ohh ohh

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? I wanna wander

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? Do you wanna
wander with me? ?

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? I know you wonder
what it feels like to be free ?

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? Come on, let go of all the
things you think you need ?

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? The world is a wonder

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? Do you wanna
wander with me? ?

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? Hmm hmm hmm

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? Hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm

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[audience applauding
and cheering]

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What Mile of Music has done
is it's given a stage

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and an opportunity
and an audience

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to artists who would
otherwise not have that.

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I started here playing

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at one of the smallest venues
you can play.

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And my first year I came,
I was stuck in the corner.

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There's a handful
of people listening.

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And here,
several years later now,

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we're playing
at the largest stage.

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They say 7,000, 8,000 people
show up to Jones Park

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for these sets.

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I don't know anywhere else
like that, that you can,

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in just a few years,
make a name for yourself.

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There's nothing like this
that exists anywhere else.

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It's just different.

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People have to come here
to experience it.

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[audience applauding
and cheering]

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[gentle electric guitar music]

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Will you sing along
with this one?

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[audience applauding
and cheering]

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["25 Years" by Dan Rodriguez]

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? Dancing in the kitchen

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? Louie playing trumpet
on the radio ?

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? You're spinning
in that white dress ?

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? That you wore so long ago

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Come on, now.

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? Now I've been trying
to slow down ?

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? But time keeps moving faster

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? Dragging me along

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? But, darling,
this is right now ?

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? And it's where we belong

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? In 25 years

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? I'll be looking at you

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? Wondering, what did I do

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? To find someone like this?

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? And in 25 more

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? We'll be looking older

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? Our story won't be over

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? All we'll need is

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? Another 25 years

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? Another 25 years

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? Yeah!

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? Ooh, you leave me breathless

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? Audrey Hepburn timeless
in everything you do ?

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? And if we live to be 100

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? I'd still need
more time with you ?

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? In 25 years,
I'll be looking at you ?

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? Wondering, what did I do

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? To find someone like this?

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? And in 25 more

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? We'll be looking older

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? Our story won't be over

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? All we'll need is

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? Another 25 years

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? Another 25 years

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? When we are
old and wrinkled ?

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? We'll still be
interlocking fingers, yeah ?

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? Stealing a kiss,
feeling like we're kids again ?

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? 'Cause whatever
comes tomorrow ?

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? We're on time
that is borrowed ?

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? Living it like
it's never gonna end ?

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Sing it, now.

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? In 25 years

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- Audience: ? I'll be looking
at you ?

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? Wondering, what did I do

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- Dan: ? To find someone like,
oh, yeah ?

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? And in 25 more

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? We'll be looking older

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? Our story won't be over

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? All we'll need is

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? Another 25 years

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? Another 25 years

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? Ooh ooh, ooh ohh, ooh

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? Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh

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? Yeah

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? Another 25 years

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[audience applauding
and cheering]

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Dan: Thank you Appleton,
I love you so much!

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[upbeat music]