So, I tried for months to make it as a professional musician, but it just wasn't in God's...
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So, I tried for months to make it as a professional musician, but it just wasn't in God's plan. Get outta here! Failure mocked me
at every waking moment. Hey, there, squeeze box. I knew that I had to
give up my dream and go back to the only life
that I'd ever known. But when I tried to come back
to the Amish community, well, the second they
saw that squeeze box, I was immediately ex-communicated,
banished forever. My whole world
was torn away from me. All I knew was
I never wanted to see another accordion again,
for as long as I lived. So I got a job at the factory, a place where I knew you could
get an honest day's wages for an honest day's work. And that's when I met
at every waking moment. Hey, there, squeeze box. I knew that I had to
give up my dream and go back to the only life
that I'd ever known. But when I tried to come back
to the Amish community, well, the second they
saw that squeeze box, I was immediately ex-communicated,
banished forever. My whole world
was torn away from me. All I knew was
I never wanted to see another accordion again,
for as long as I lived. So I got a job at the factory, a place where I knew you could
get an honest day's wages for an honest day's work. And that's when I met
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So, I tried for months to make it
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as a professional musician,
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but it just wasn't in God's plan.
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Get outta here!
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Failure mocked me
at every waking moment.
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Hey, there, squeeze box.
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I knew that I had to
give up my dream
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and go back to the only life
that I'd ever known.
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But when I tried to come back
to the Amish community,
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well, the second they
saw that squeeze box,
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I was immediately ex-communicated,
banished forever.
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My whole world
was torn away from me.
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All I knew was
I never wanted to see
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another accordion again,
for as long as I lived.
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So I got a job at the factory,
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a place where I knew you could
get an honest day's wages
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for an honest day's work.
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And that's when I met...
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Movie Summary
Explores every facet of Yankovic's life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like 'Eat It' and 'Like a Surgeon' to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle.
