London, it's like that.

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With the Chinese (?) and English, I'm curious. What audience that was published for?
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“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”

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I think that was found in a Soho fortune cookie, right?
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RayThom wrote:I think that was found in a Soho fortune cookie, right?
Comes with the beef chow mein at Lee Ho Fook's...
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Econoline wrote:
RayThom wrote:I think that was found in a Soho fortune cookie, right?
Comes with the beef chow mein at Lee Ho Fook's...
There actually was a Chinese restaurant named "Lee Ho Fook's" in London at the time Warron Zevon wrote that song.
According to urban legend, however, beef chow mein was not on the menu.
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