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Great Big Sea – Buying Time (1996) | Track profile | Dork

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Buying Time

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Buying Time

Release date: 1996

From UpTrack 72:54

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"Buying Time" is a track by Great Big Sea, from the album Up, released 1996. The track is 2:54 long.

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Great Big Sea

Great Big Sea

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From Up

2:541996

Album

Track number

7

Release year

1996

1Run Runaway
2:40
2Goin Up
3:11
3Fast As I Can
4:09
4Mari-Mac
2:32
5Dancing With Mrs. White
2:05
6Something To It
2:19
7Buying Time
2:54
8Lukey
3:09
9The Old Black Rum
2:27
10The Chemical Worker's Song (Process Man)
2:38
11Wave Over Wave
3:47
12Billy Peddle
2:48
13Nothing Out Of Nothing
2:38
14The Jolly Butcher
3:12
15Rant & Roar
2:43

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