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BSG: On the "tailfeather" song, I thought at first you made a typo with the "over 40″ ...
BagOfNothing.com 2008
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Sit very still and have your gun up before you can see the bird cuz if not you'll be seein nothin but tailfeather
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(That sound you heard, by the way, was Ray Charles shaking a tailfeather in his grave.)
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Both became tailfeather-shaking pop stars, although Michael would later chafe at the role.
Album reviews: George Michael, "Faith" and Ricky Martin, "Musica + Alma + Sexo" Allison Stewart 2011
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Both became tailfeather-shaking pop stars, although Michael would later chafe at the role.
Ricky Martin's 'Musica + Alma + Sexo' and George Michael's 'Faith' Allison Stewart 2011
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Sit very still and have your gun up before you can see the bird cuz if not you'll be seein nothin but tailfeather
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J.R. is smooth, elegant and shakes his tailfeather just enough.
Dancing with the Stars Episode Recap: Monday, Oct. 10, 2011 2011
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"The offer be this: resume the leadership o 'thy Flock, or be afflicted with the return of thy tailfeather itch, ten times as bad as before."
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But the rest of her knew that would be terrible for her, and not just because a loss would beget the tenfold tailfeather itch.
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Was she to do this, as she knew she could, or suffer the torment of the tenfold tailfeather itch?
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