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   Robin Thicke -- Pours Out Heart On Stage ... I'm Lost Without Paula Patton 
   
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   got back to performing tonight and wasted no time using the stage to beg for's mercy ... opening up to the crowd about the break-up and dedicating a song to her.Thicke wore his wedding ring through the show in Fairfax, VA and told the crowd -- "For y'all that don't know me and my wife separated, but I'm trying to get my girl back. She's a good woman."He also told fans he'd written the songfor Paula ... before launching into the hit -- which we gotta say is kinda the perfect song for a guy trying to get back on a chick's good side.Then again, Paula's heard this tune a hundred times. ||||| Robin Thicke 'I'm Just Trying to Get Her Back' 
   
   Robin Thicke -- 'I'm Just Trying to Get Her Back' 
   
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   was shockingly candid as he arrived in Washington D.C. Thursday afternoon ... making it clear he's not throwing in the towel on his marriage, telling our photog, "I'm just trying to get her back."TMZ broke the story ...called him last Friday and said their marriage was over, and Robin flew to Canada -- where she was filming -- in a desperate but failed attempt to change her mind.As we reported ... things really fell apart after Robin simulated sex with Miley Cyrus onstage at the VMAs last month. But Robin told our photog, the performance had nothing to do with his marital problems.Our sources say Paula was livid and felt "utterly disrespected" by Robin's antics with Miley.Robin is in D.C. for a concert Thursday night. He says his performance will be the same, even though some of his songs are about Paula.He told our photog he's just trying to figure things out. ||||| Robin Thicke Steps Out Smiling Post-Split, Says He's "Trying to Get" Paula Patton Back 
   
   He wants to twerk it out! Robin Thicke has made it clear that he's not ready to throw in the towel on his marriage just yet. The R&B; crooner stepped out for the first time since announcing his split from Paula Patton in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Feb. 27 and said he wants his estranged wife back. 
   
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   "You know, just trying to get her back man," Thicke, 36, told TMZ cameras at a D.C. airport on Thursday. Bundled up in a peacoat, the "Blurred Lines" entertainer was all smiles while walking to his car outside. Whether he was wearing his wedding band is unknown, as he kept his hands hidden in his pockets during the duration of the quick chat. (On Feb. 26, actress Patton, 38, stepped out for the first time post-split without her ring in L.A.) 
   
   As previously reported, the high school sweethearts -- who are parents to 3-year-old son Julian -- announced their separation in a joint statement on Feb. 24. "Robin wanted to save their marriage, but it was Paula's choice and she ended it," an insider told Us of the twosome. "Robin does not want this divorce." 
   
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   "Robin was not blindsided -- he knew this was coming out," another source added. "But he was committed to saving their marriage. He didn't want this." 
   
   Thicke may have been vocal about his hope for reconciliation, but the singer kept tight-lipped when a cameraman asked if Miley Cyrus played a part in the split. On Feb. 25, Us exclusively reported that Thicke's VMAs performance with the "Wrecking Ball" songstress tested the couple's marriage. 
   
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   "The Miley Cyrus fiasco was a big test of their relationship," an insider told Us of Thicke and the Baggage Claim star. "He asked her to help him out as a friend and a wife, and defend him and the performance. He begged her to speak out for him and be there for him." 
   
   "She agreed to be the good wife after he begged and pleaded," the source further explained. "Then he asked her to stick with him through awards season, and she agreed. She attended the Grammys with him as a favor." ||||| Robin Thicke had an emotional moment on stage while performing for the first time since announcing Monday that he and wife Paula Patton were splitting up The "Blurred Lines" singer began his concert at the Patriot Center in Virginia with a brave face Thursday. But as the night wore on, signs that his marital issues were weighing on him began to show."For those of you who don't know, my wife and I got separated a few days ago, and I want everybody here to know that I'm trying to get my girl back," Thicke told fans, as he dedicated his song "Lost Without U" – which he called Patton's favorite – to his estranged wife."I'm going to need you guys to help me through this," Thicke said as he turned away from the crowd to hide his emotions.As concertgoer Mandy Vazquez tells PEOPLE, "He even messed up on some of the words because he was crying."In an exclusive statement to PEOPLE on Monday, the singer, 36, and his actress wife, 38, said, "We will always love each other and be best friends, however, we have mutually decided to separate at this time." ||||| Paula Patton Robin Lays it On Thicke with FLORAL ASSAULT 
   
   is GUILTY of a floral assault ... bombarding his estranged wife with begging-for-forgiveness bouquets ... at least that's the way it seems.'s Hollywood Hills home was inundated with gigantic, expensive floral arrangements Thursday ... hours before Robin got on stage and told the audience he's gunning to get his girl back.True enough ... it's possible Robin didn't send the flowers, but it would be remarkably coincidental that they came from someone else.Typically people don't send beautiful bouquets when a woman dumps her hubby. ||||| Fredrick M. Brown/ Getty Images 
   
   ET has learned that while being followed by paparazzi, actress Paula Patton's mother and assistant were in a minor car accident with Patton and estranged husband singer Robin Thicke's three-year-old son, Julian, in the back seat. 
   
   The accident occurred on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, CA in Patton's black Range Rover. No injuries have been reported. 
   
   This accident comes after ET recently took the lead in the stand against paparazzi harassing and stalking celebrities' children in order to photograph them. 
   
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target: – Robin Thicke is not messing around when it comes to winning estranged wife Paula Patton back: Asked about Patton in Washington, DC, yesterday, he told a TMZ photographer, "I'm just trying to get her back." He also denied that his raunchy VMA performance with Miley Cyrus had anything to do with the split, despite the fact that TMZ's sources say Patton felt "utterly disrespected" by it. Then, last night at his concert in Fairfax, Va., Thicke dedicated a song to Patton, TMZ reports. Thicke, who was wearing his wedding ring, told the audience, "For y'all that don't know, me and my wife separated, but I'm trying to get my girl back. She's a good woman." He said he wrote "Lost Without U" for her, and that it's her favorite song of his. He had to turn away from the audience at times and "even messed up on some of the words because he was crying," a concertgoer tells People. Also yesterday, someone sent a bunch of huge, pricey floral arrangements to Patton's home—TMZ has pictures, and assumes the flowers are from Thicke. But another source tells Us that whole Miley thing may have been a bigger deal than Thicke is letting on: "The Miley Cyrus fiasco was a big test of their relationship. He asked her to help him out as a friend and a wife, and defend him and the performance. He begged her to speak out for him and be there for him," the source says. "She agreed to be the good wife after he begged and pleaded. Then he asked her to stick with him through awards season, and she agreed. She attended the Grammys with him as a favor." Patton's 3-year-old son with Thicke was involved in a minor car accident yesterday while photographers were following Patton's car, which her mother and assistant were also in, ETOnline reports. No injuries were reported. (Patton, for what it's worth, hasn't been wearing her wedding ring.)