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Miranda Lambert vents, transforms heartache in the studio and on the road

It will come as no great surprise to followers of Miranda Lambert's career which song the firebrand Texas singer-songwriter requested to sing in a multi-artist salute to Elton John, which was shot last week at New York's Theater at Madison Square Garden and is set to air later this year on CBS-TV.

Lambert, forthright and a lover of the American South, opted not for one of the "Rocket Man" singer's signature hits, but a deep cut from the album John cites as his personal favorite, a

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