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A House's, "Endless Art"
The Lyrics:
All art is quite useless according to Oscar Wilde Turner 1775 to 1851 Toulouse-Lautrec 1864 to 1901 Andy Warhol 1928 to 1987 RIP Ernest Hemingway 1899 to 1961 George Orwell, Jimi Hendrix, William Butler Yates, Jack B. Yeats Richard Redgrave 1804 to 1888 Henry Moore 1896 to 1986 Henry Miller, Sid Vicious only 21 Brian Jones Otis Redding 1941 to 1967 RIP All dead, yet still alive In endless time, endless art Masters of their arts Claude Monet 1840 to 1926 Beethoven, Bach, Brahms Elvis Presley 1935 to '77 Man Ray, Johnny Ray John Donne 1573 to 1631 Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809 to '92 Degeneration art, Joan Miro, RIP Jackson Pollack 1912 to 1956 John Lennon '40 to '80 Henry Lamb, Cezanne, Paul Gauguin, William Shakespeare Brendan Behan 1923 to 1964 Tennessee Williams 1912 to 1983 Gerard Manley Hopkins 1844 to 1889 Pissaro, Picasso, Degas RIP All dead, yet still alive In endless time, endless art Joseph Conrad 1857 to 1924 Jack Kerouac 1922 to 1969 Keith Moon 1946 to 1978 D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Mozart Van Gogh 1853 to 1890 Ian Curtis, Salvador Dali, Johann Strauss, Richard Strauss, Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse RIP
Who They Mention:
Oscar Wilde Turner Toulouse-Lautrec Andy Warhol Ernest Hemingway George Orwell, Jimi Hendrix, William Butler Yates, Jack B. Yeats Richard Redgrave Henry Moore Henry Miller, Brian Jones Otis Redding Claude Monet Beethoven, Bach, Brahms Elvis Presley Man Ray, Johnny Ray John Donne Alfred Lord Tennyson Joan Miro Jackson Pollack John Lennon Henry Lamb, Cezanne, Paul Gauguin, William Shakespeare Brendan Behan Tennessee Williams Gerard Manley Hopkins Pissaro, Picasso, Degas Joseph Conrad Jack Kerouac Keith Moon D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Mozart Van Gogh Ian Curtis, Salvador Dali, Johann Strauss, Richard Strauss
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