Ballad Of Mat Som

Album: not released on an album (2008)
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  • Burmese songwriter Azmyl Yunor may be writing in his second language, but this one loses nothing in translation: Hi baby, how about you, me, now behind that rock? Sounds like she said no, but shucks, life's full of disappointments, even for latter day cavemen. >>>
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    Alexander - London, England

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