It can be difficult to understand our idols. Perhaps even impossible.
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lyrics
'Michael Jackson is in a movie
He's all the actors'
credits
from Hellbodies,
released March 18, 2009
Written by Johnny O'Donnell and Eddie Hernandez
Performed by Johnny O'Donnell
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