“Life is but a memory,
Happened long ago.
Theatre full of sadness
For a long forgotten show.
Seems so easy
Just to let it go on by
Till you stop and wonder
Why you never wondered why.”

— Nick Drake

Fruit Tree
Song lyrics, Five Leaves Left (1969)

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British singer-songwriter 1948–1974

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