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John Prine Has Stories Enough To Fill A Book

After nearly 50 years of songwriting, John Prine has released a book, Beyond Words, full of photos, handwritten lyrics and notations full of typical cockeyed humor and Zen-like poetic observation.
An image from <em>Beyond Words</em>, the new book of photos and song lyrics compiled by John Prine.

When it comes to the great American singer/songwriters, John Prine has always been grievously underserved in the book department ... until now. Incredibly, the entire literary canon dedicated to Prine, whose deceptively simple, wildly inspired songs frame everyday lives in extraordinary ways, previously

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