“Two bit manchild I was
Born for nothin' mostly
Good time with sometime women.
Nothin' ain't ever hold me.
You can't change me none.”

—  Neil Diamond

Two-Bit Manchild
Song lyrics, Velvet Gloves and Spit (1968)

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American singer-songwriter 1941

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