“I saw a man take a needleful of hard drug
And die slow”

— Laura Nyro

"Been On A Train"
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American musician and songwriter 1947–1997

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Source: Xavier Leroy (2005-07-23), Post to the Caml mailing list, 2008-02-20 http://caml.inria.fr/pub/ml-archives/caml-list/2005/07/0d3297c63e4b92fd956ea53d7b9ff255.en.html,