“Down to the River
Was this all some
Cry for love?
It's a cry for love:
Are you a victim of
That Money Bug
In your blood,
Mr. Shame?”

— Mike Oldfield

Song lyrics, Heaven's Open (1991)

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English musician, multi-instrumentalist 1953

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