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When I Was A Kid It Was Big News When Someone Flew Around The World In A Little Aeroplane, But Nobody Cared When I Did It. Then, To Rub Salt Into My Wounds, The Customs People Ripped My Aeroplane To Pieces, Looking For Stuff.

-Gary Numan

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When I Was A Kid It Was

Gary Numan

When I Was A Kid It Was Big News When Someone Flew Around The World In A Little Aeroplane, But Nobody Cared When I Did It. Then, To Rub Salt Into My Wounds, The Customs People Ripped My Aeroplane To Pieces, Looking For Stuff.

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