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" When I'm on a stage, it's just me, singing a song with words that I wrote and I believe in. And if I don't believe in them anymore, I'll stop singing that song. "

Lucy Dacus

Singing

Song

Stop

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Lucy Dacus

Say

Song

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Lucy Dacus

You

Writing

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Lucy Dacus

Want

Spider

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Understanding

Words

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