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from Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came (2000)
Everything you are is everything we have
You're the only good thing A sun came burned our faces brown Burned our faces red You are still the rage A rock from the enemy There is still a house A cage for the enemy When my friends turned out I found out there is still a Lord But I never felt so lonely A sun came |
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from Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came (2000)
Like it's killing me
It's kidding me around This bite, You bit on me You put on me a gown That fits me like a quarter door That hits me like a sound It's like You shut on me Or shouldn't be around Like the fennel seed The funny gene You found I like the man-o-weeds The man-o-wars abound That fits me like a quarter door That hits me like a sound I might just win a war A matador around There's still nothing I can say to change My news for You There's still nothing You can do to exchange My dues to You Like You fit on me To bit on me a bound This life that's shut on me That shouldn't be the grounds To emulate an epicene To elevate a sound This life, a winner needs A winner needs a wand Never want to blame You Bound You, blame me Never want the blame You bound Never want to blame You Bound me, blame You Never want the fame You found And where's the same And where's the strong And where's the guard And where's the one who tries to make You? |
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from Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came (2000)
One time, this kid ate too much food, and the food started coming out of his stomach, out of his belly button, there was maggots coming out of his belly button.
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from Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came (2000)
Reach for the archer
He chose an offer You are only a redeemer You are holy, like Demetrius Change the hoodoo caper Strange impersonator Make a multi-tracker Take your book and back her You are like that, a redeemer You are like that, like Demetrius |
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from Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came (2000)
Something suddenly unclear
Someone suddenly my fear My eyes demand like broken eaves The laddle over spills on eaves If you once knew How I loved you And my bruise-colored eyes peeled Every image to your face and heel And if you're happy I am, too And if you're sleeping I'm with you But you love someone else But you want to be with someone else And I can't believe how dumb I sound And I put my face over the ground (Repeat) |
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from Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came (2000)
"Oh, who is that? She looks good. What's your name?"
"My name is Lauramechbaidumeinchbib Beautiful Lovely Lady. Did you hear what I said?" "Yeah, sure I did." "I am, uh, Chriskpalpidon." "Ah, you wanna know what my name is?" "What, big fella?" "Oh, my name is, um, Godzuki." "Ya big fella! Godzuki reminds me of a booger. Goodbye!" |
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from Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came (2000)
Like the lantern on a tree Your burden bright as weary be Periwig on parakeet You're God's great paramour and sweet I'm happy, I'm happy Your birthday brings a pardoning I'm happy, I'm happy You're like a bird that will not be Yours will number, yours will be A paragon, a Paraclete Keep your bed warm, keep your humor Keep your proverbs short and sweet I'm sorry, I'm sorry That life is anxious, life is mean I'm sorry, I'm sorry A pair of shoes is what you need I'm happy, I'm happy Your birthday brings a pardoning I'm happy, I'm happy You're like a bird that will not be |
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from Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came (2000)
Jason, you're the only one
Jason, like a steady son Like that, you're the only one Take that, when the runner's come When the right dragon comes around When the knight horses burn the ground Jason, you're the only one Jason, like a steady son (You're the only one) Jason, you're the circle sun Jason, run the rabbit run Like that, you're the steady gun Like that, what the Argon won When the right dragon comes around When the knight horses burn the ground When the right you gave me To make it through the night When the right dragon comes around (You're the only one) We were young and noble Riding on a plane for freedom run A plane for freedom run |
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from Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came (2000)
He took the stable
Bred me to be a mare Made the brethren able Gave me a room I never asked him I never meant meant to stay He dressed the table Wore a dress to be my mare There's no pertinence When you never leave the stall He ran to other wars Won't write me at all I want to kill him I want to cut his brain And when it's over I know I'll feel okay He was a champion We were riding side by side Into the frontier He left me without a ride Where did the hour go When the champions intercede? He stole the cargo Took every chance to leave There's no pertinence When you never leave the stall He ran to other wars Won't write me at all I want to kill him I want to cut his brain And when it's over I know I'll feel okay I want to kill him I want to cut his face And when it's over I know I'll feel okay I want I want I want I want |
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from Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came (2000)
I never felt so safe
A line I once told her Warm resting place Her arm on my shoulder you are the rock you are the rake you are the one when I watch myself you are the rock you are the rake you are the one when I watch myself we ran into a cave when the wars came closer she turned into a cave where it turned colder you are the rock you are the rake you are the one when I watch myself you are the rock you are the rake you are the one when I watch myself you are the rock you are the rake you are the one when I watch myself you are the rock you are the rake you are the one when I watch myself |
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from Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came (2000)
I'm taking you down
to the place in the field and when I find you underneath the grass I know you feel this way You feel this way because I know you and I feel you and I feed you rice pudding at the benefit concert Yeah baby, I feed you rice pudding at the concert |
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from Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came (2000)
My sister had two babies at one time, they were Siamese twins, no they were actually, they were connected at the head, at the head, and the doctor cut them apart, and my sister said, "I have two kids now, look at me."
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from Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came (2000)
Cave the Cadmus country soon
Europa's sake he drew Till the oracle said wander Safe libation water slew A serpent near him knew The dragon's teeth he threw Till the oracle said wander |
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from Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came (2000)
We are a servant, we have a song
The side of a beehive, a tabernacle choir We are the sound working in wars The bishop is gone to the acolyte shores We save our Bibles, we pull our sleeves The word is a guard and the guard is a cleave We are the right, we are the stay The accolade's gone, we are what you say We have no language, we have no chore The side of a beehive, the bride is a whore We are a spite, we are at bay The spirit is life, we are what you say We have a sermon, we have a song The bishop is easy, the bishop is wrong The spirit is right, the spirit will say We are a light, we are what you say |
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from Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came (2000)
A summer night
I find a boat Tied to a tree A normal home She lost her string I'm stepping in I push the shore there An act of stealth A troubled glad without a voice A mountain song, the boat moves on The water runs on either side The circle swell, a sudden light Takes me I fix my view Upon the ridge Horizon's eye Above the gray sky I tip my oar to raise the stroke The wading swan, the image broke A looming peak, a pirate size Uprears its head, a sudden guise Takes me |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lake State (2003)
All good thoughts in spite of righteousness
Is not the kind of thoughts in spite of greatness Often not the state is advocation If we form a power of recognition Forget loss and perfect advocation If it drops or stays in convocation All we praise is all we want in commerce All we praise is parties, foreign commerce Entertain ideas of great communion Shelter not materials in union (All we praise is not the kind of commerce That's the right solution!) All good thoughts is not the act of doing What we want but what we should improving Properties, ideas, a woman's pleasure Is empowered by love, a perfect measure! |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lake State (2003)
All the time we spent in bed
Counting miles before we set Fall in love and fall apart Things will end before they start Sleeping on Lake Michigan Factories and marching bands Lose our clothes in summer time Lose ourselves to lose our minds In the summer heat, I might |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lake State (2003)
Once when our mother called
She had a voice of last year's cough We passed around the phone Sharing a word about Oregon When my turn came I was ashamed When my turn came I was ashamed Once when we moved away She came to Romulus for a day Her Chevrolet broke down We prayed it never be fixed or be found We touched her hair We touched her hair We touched her hair We touched her hair When she had her last child Once when she had some boyfriend somewhile She moved away quite far Our Grampa bought us a new VCR We watched it all night We grew up in spite of it We watched it all night We grew up in spite of it We saw her once last fall Our Grampa died in a hospital gown She didn't seem to care She smoked in her room and coloured her hair I was ashamed I was ashamed of her I was ashamed I was ashamed of her I was ashamed I was ashamed of her I was ashamed I was ashamed Of her |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lake State (2003)
Demonstrate I was
raised from the start By a priest and the maid on the part. Still know what to wear on my back: Michigan! Ponshewaing! Cadillac! If I ever meant to go away I was raised, I was reaised In the place, in the place. Still I often think of going back To the farms, to the farms Golden arms, golden arms start to remind me. If the lakes took the place of the sea. If the cars drove themselves, way to be! Opposite the trains moving in Rivers run interstate, Michigan! Still I never meant to go away I was raised, I was raised In the place, in the place. Still I often think of going back To the farms, to the farms Golden arms, golden arms. Tried to change the Made in Michigan I was raised, I was raised In the place, in the place, part to remind me |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lake State (2003)
I live in America with a pair of Payless shoes
The Upper Peninsula and the television news I've seen my wife at the K-Mart In strange ideas we live apart I live in a trailer home with a snowmobile, my car The window is broken out and the interstate is far I drove all night to find my child In strange ideas he's been revived In strange ideas, in stranger times I've no idea what's right sometimes I lost my mind, I lost my life I lost my job, I lost my wife |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lake State (2003)
If you happen to be educated
Time it marches on, oh time it marches on. In the end there is a sacred show delivers every song, delivers every song. Mourning steps and mourning gallivants And mourning never shows, no mourning never slows. If the avatar reminds that it will never stand at all, will never stand as tall. Since the water made it, most to sail it, made it most to song, it made it most to song. For the politics are not political for what they stand, For not what they demand. Every senator and diplomat combines her certain part, A matter for the heart. Save yourself from recognition. selfless and quite song To better get along. (We love you. We Chose to. We made to. We love you.) If we concentrate and pull resources to the highest poll, To beat the highest pull, too. Ever will we conquer grief and find it faster to resolve the dead, to be absolved and fed, to restore. If the advantageous reprimand misgivings, We won't grow. We will not ever know. We will not! (Lift my life in healthy places!) |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lake State (2003)
I always knew you
In your mothers arms I have called your name I've an idea Placed in your mind To be a better man I've made a crown for you Put it in your room And when the bride groom comes There will be noise There will be glad And a perfect bed And when you write a poem I know the words, I know the sounds Before you write it down When you wear your clothes I wear them too, I wear your shoes And the jacket too I always knew you In your mothers arms I have called you son I've made amends Between father and son Or if you haven't one Rest in my arms Sleep in my bed There's a design To what I did and said |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
Once in the backyard, she was once like me
She was once like me Twice when I killed them, they were once at peace They were once like me Hold to your gun, man and put off all your peace Put off all the beast Paid a full of these I wait for it, but someone's once like me She was once like me I once was better, I put off all my grief I put off all my grief And so I go to hell, I wait for it but someone's left me creased And someone's left me creased |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
Abraham
Worth a righteous one Take up on the wood Put it on your son Lake or lamb There is none to harm When the angel came You had raised your arm Abraham Put off on your son Take instead the ram Until Jesus comes |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
If I am alive this time next year
will I have arrived in time to share? And mine is about as good this far And I'm still applied to what you are And I am joining all my thoughts to you And I'm preparing every part for you And I heard from the trees a great parade And I heard from the hills a band was made And will I be invited to the sound? And will I be a part of what you've made? And I am throwing all my thoughts away And I'm destroying every bet I've made And I am joining all my thoughts to you And I'm preparing every part for you |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
He was, he was in the churchyard
My father was in the first part He came, he came to my bedroom But I was asleep And he woke me up again to say... Halle, halle, hallelujah Holy, holy is the sound And I hope, I hope you are tired out And I know, I know there is joy endowed But I was asleep And he woke me up again And he woke me up again to say... Hold on, hold on to your old ways Or put off, put off every old face And I know, I know you are changed out And I hope, I hope you're arranged out But I'm still asleep And you woke me up again And I'm still asleep But you woke me up to be holy |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
Be still and know your sign
The beast will arrive in time We stayed a long, long time We stayed a long, long time To see you To beat you To see you At last I saw the dragons drying I saw the witches whine We stayed a long, long time But I'm not afraid to die To see you To meet you To see you At last I stole my father's shoes I pulled his pockets too We stayed a long, long time We stayed a long, long time To see you To beat you To see you To meet you To see you At last |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
We didn't sleep too late
There was a fire in the yard All of the tress were in light They had no faces to show I saw a sign in the sky Seven swans, seven swans, seven swans I heard a voice in my mind I will try, I will try, I will try I will try, I will try, I will try We saw the dragon move down My father burned into coal My mother saw it from far She took her purse to the bed I saw a sign in the sky Seven horns, seven horns, seven horns I heard a voice in my mind I am Lord, I am Lord, I am Lord He said, I am Lord, I am Lord, I am Lord He said, I am Lord, I am Lord, I am Lord He will take you If you run, He will chase you He will take you If you run, He will chase you 'Cause He is the Lord 'Cause He is the Lord Seven swans, seven swans, seven swans Seven swans, seven swans, seven swans |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
What the water wants is hurricanes
And sailboats to ride on its back What the water wants is sun kiss And land to run into and back I have a fish stone burning my elbow Reminding me to know that I'm glad That I have a bottle filled with my old teeth They fell out like a tear in the bag And I have a sister somewhere in Detroit She has black hair and small hands And I have a kettledrum I'll hit the earth with you And I will crochet you a hat And I have a red kite I'll put you right in it I'll show you the sky |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
I was the best man in a size too small
You were my best friend, going at it all And what if I put off my inheritance? Where is the best man? All arise us all in peace I still know you And I still like you, the best man And I still owe you Everything rises, going at it all All the surprises in a size too small And what if I told you I was still in love with this? Would you surprise us in a size for all of me? I still know you And I still like you, the best man I still know you, the best man I still owe you |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
I can see a lot of life in you
I can see a lot of bright in you And I think the dress looks nice on you I can see a lot of life in you I can see a bed and make it too I can see a fireside turn blue And I can see the lot of life in you Yes, I can see a lot of life in you When the world looks back when the face looks after that I can see a lot of life in you Yes, I can see a lot of life in you I can see a lot of life in you I can see your bed and make it too And I think the dress looks nice on you Yes, I can see a lot of life in you I can see a lot of life in you Yes, I can see a lot of life in you |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
When he took the three disciples to the mountainside to pray
His countenance was modified, his clothing was aflame Two men appeared, Moses and Elijah came They were at his side The prophecy, the legislation spoke Of whenever he would die Then there came a word of what he should accomplish on the day Then Peter spoke, to make of them a tabernacle place A cloud appeared in glory as an accolade They fell on the ground A voice arrived, the voice of God The face of God covered in a cloud What he said to them, the voice of God, the most beloved son Consider what he says to you, consider what's to come The prophecy was put to death, was put to death And so will the son And keep your word, disguise the vision Till the time has come Lost in the cloud, a voice Have no fear, we draw near Lost in the cloud, a sign Son of man, turn your ear Lost in the cloud, a voice Lamb of God, we draw near Lost in the cloud, a sign Son of man, son of God Lost in the cloud, a voice Have no fear, we draw near Lost in the cloud, a sign Son of man, turn your ear Lost in the cloud, a voice Lamb of God, we draw near Lost in the cloud, a sign Son of man, son of God Lost in the cloud, a voice Have no fear, we draw near Lost in the cloud, a sign Son of man, turn your ear Lost in the cloud, a voice Lamb of God, we draw near Lost in the cloud, a sign Son of man, son of God |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
I'd swim across Lake Michigan
I'd sell my shoes I'd give my body to be back again In the rest of the room To be alone with you To be alone with you To be alone with you To be alone with you You gave your body to the lonely They took your clothes You gave up a wife and a family You gave your ghost To be alone with me To be alone with me To be alone with me And went up on a tree To be alone with me and went up on the tree I've never known a man who loved me |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
So faithful, so few
So pardon and done And when we receive We give a change at last And when we are dead, we all have wings We won't need legs to stand And when we receive To see a change at last |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise (2005)
2, 3, 4
Goldenrod and the 4H stone The things I brought you When I found out you had cancer of the bone Your father cried on the telephone And he drove his car into the Navy yard Just to prove that he was sorry In the morning, through the window shade When the light pressed up against your shoulder blade I could see what you were reading All the glory that the Lord has made And the complications you could do without When I kissed you on the mouth Tuesday night at the Bible study We lift our hands and pray over your body But nothing ever happens I remember at Michael's house In the living room when you kissed my neck And I almost touched your blouse In the morning, at the top of the stairs When your father found out what we did that night And you told me you were scared All the glory when you ran outside With your shirt tucked in and your shoes untied And you told me not to follow you Sunday night when I cleaned the house I found the card where you wrote it out With the pictures of your mother On the floor at the great divide With my shirt tucked in and my shoes untied I am crying in the bathroom In the morning when you finally go And the nurse runs in with her head hung low And the cardinal hits the window In the morning in the winter shade On the first of March, on the holiday I thought I saw you breathing All the glory that the Lord has made And the complications when I see his face In the morning in the window All the glory when he took our place But he took my shoulders and he shook my face And he takes and he takes and he takes |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise (2005)
I fell in love again
All things go, all things go Drove to Chicago All things know, all things know We sold our clothes to the state I don't mind, I don't mind I made a lot of mistakes In my mind, in my mind You came to take us All things go, all things go To recreate us All things grow, all things grow We had our mindset All things know, all things know You had to find it All things go, all things go I drove to New York In a van with my friend We slept in parking lots I don't mind, I don't mind I was in love with the place In my mind, in my mind I made a lot of mistakes In my mind, in my mind You came to take us All things go, all things go To recreate us All things grow, all things grow We had our mindset All things know, all things know You had to find it All things go, all things go If I was crying In the van with my friend It was for freedom From myself and from the land I made a lot of mistakes I made a lot of mistakes I made a lot of mistakes I made a lot of mistakes You came to take us All things go, all things go To recreate us All things grow, all things grow We had our mindset All things know, all things know You had to find it All things go, all things go You came to take us All things go, all things go To recreate us All things grow, all things grow We had our mindset (I made a lot of mistakes) All things know, all things know (I made a lot of mistakes) You had to find it (I made a lot of mistakes) All things go, all things go (I made a lot of mistakes) |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise (2005)
Part 1: World's Columbian Exposition
Oh, great intentions I've got the best of interventions But when the ads come I think about it now In my infliction Entrepreneurial condition Take us to glory I think about it now Cannot conversations cull united nations? If you've got the patience, celebrate the ancients Cannot all creation call it celebration? Or united nation, put it to your head Oh, great white city I've got the adequate committee Where have your walls gone? I think about it now Chicago, in fashion The soft drinks, expansion Oh, Columbia From Paris, incentive Like Cream of Wheat invented The Ferris wheel Oh, great intentions Covenant with the imitation Have you no conscience? I think about it now Oh, God of Progress Have you degraded or forgot us? Where have your laws gone? I think about it now Ancient hieroglyphic or the South Pacific Typically terrific, busy and prolific Classical devotion, architect promotion Lacking in emotion, think about it now Chicago, the New Age But what would Frank Lloyd Wright say? Oh, Columbia Amusement or treasure These optimistic pleasures Like the Ferris wheel Cannot conversations cull united nations? If you've got the patience, celebrate the ancients Columbia Part 2: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream I cried myself to sleep last night And the ghost of Carl He approached my window I was hypnotized I was asked to improvise On the attitude, the regret Of a thousand centuries of death Even with the heart of terror and the superstitious wearer I am riding all alone, I am writing all alone Even in my best condition, counting all the superstition I am riding all alone, I am running all alone And we laughed at the beatitudes of a thousand lines We were asked at the attitudes, they reminded us of death Even with the rest belated, everything is antiquated Are you writing from the heart, are you writing from the heart? Even in his heart, the Devil has to know the water level Are you writing from the heart, are you writing from the heart? And I cried myself to sleep last night For the Earth, and materials, they may sound just right to me Even with the rest belated, everything is antiquated Are you writing from the heart, are you writing from the heart? Even in his heart, the Devil has to know the water level Are you writing from the heart, are you writing from the heart? |
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When the revenant came down
We couldn't imagine what it was In the spirit of three stars The alien thing that took its form Then to Lebanon, oh, God! The flashing at night, the sirens grow and grow (Oh history involved itself) Mysterious shade that took its form (or what it was!) Incarnation, three stars Delivering signs and dusting from their eyes |
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I'm not afraid of the black man running
He's got it right, he's got a better life comin' And I don't care what the Captain said I fold it right at the top of my head I lost my sight and the state packs in I follow my heart and it leads me right to Jackson (Oh Keller, oh oh oh oh) She gave us a medal she gave us a map (Oh Canner Row, oh oh oh) If seeing is right, then look where you're at I'm not afraid of Nichol's Park I ride the train and I ride it after dark And I'm not afraid to get it right I turn around and I give it one more try And I said things that I meant to say The bandstand chairs and the Dewey Day Parade I go out to the Golden Age The spirit is right and the spirit doesn't change (Oh Keller, oh oh oh oh) She gave us a mirror, she gave us a map (Oh Canner Row, oh oh oh) If seeing is right, then look where you're at Andrew Jackson! All I'm asking Show us the wheel, and give us the wine Raise the Banner, Jackson Hammer! Everyone goes to the capitol line Colored Preacher, nice to meet you! The spirit is here, and the spirit is fine Education! Ask the nation! You gave us our sight and the hearing is fine Andrew Jackson! All I'm asking Give us the wheel, and give us the wine |
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from Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise (2005)
His father was a drinker
And his mother cried in bed Folding John Wayne's t-shirts When the swing set hit his head The neighbors, they adored him For his humor and his conversation Look underneath the house there Find the few living things Rotting fast in their sleep of the dead Twenty-seven people Even more They were boys With their cars Summer jobs Oh my God... Are you one of them? He dressed up like a clown for them With his face paint white and red And on his best behavior In a dark room on the bed he kissed them all He'd kill ten thousand people With a sleight of his hand Running far, running fast to the dead He took off all their clothes for them He put a cloth On their lips Quiet hands Quiet kiss On the mouth And in my best behavior I am really just like him Look beneath the floorboards For the secrets I have hid |
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Trouble falls in my home
Troubled man, troubled stone Turn a mountain of lies Turn a card for my life Man of Steel, Man of Heart Tame our ways, if we start To devise something more Something half ways Only a steel man came to recover If he had run from gold, carry over We celebrate our sense of each other We have a lot to give one another I took a bus to the lake Saw the monument face Yellow tides, golden eyes Red and white, red and wise Raise the flag, summer home Parted hair, part unknown If I knew what I read I'll send it half ways Only a real man can be a lover If he had hands to lend us all over We celebrate our sense of each other We have a lot to give one another Took my bags, Illinois Dreamt the lake took my boy Man of Steel, Man of Heart Turn your ear to my part There are things you have said Raise the boat, and raise the dead If you take us away Still can we say: Only a steel man can be a lover If he had hands to tremble all over We celebrate our sense of each other We have a lot to give one another |
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Peoria! Destroyia!
Infinity! Divinity! For Lydia! Octavia! And Jack-of-Trades! The Cubs! Hooray! The Opera House Where Emma sang! America! Oh will it play? And Santa Clause! The Great Parade! Peoria! You have it made! Into the crossfire faithfully run Middle America, one on one Peoria! we saddle the fun times |
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Trouble falls in my home
Troubled man, troubled stone turn a mountain of lies turn a card for my life Man of Steel, Man of Heart Tame our ways, if we start To devise something more Something half ways Only a steel man came to recover If he had run from gold, carry over We celebrate our sense of each other We have a lot to give one another I took a bus to the lake Saw the monument face Yellow tides, golden eyes Red and white, red and wise Raise the flag, summer home Parted hair, part unknown If I knew what I read I'll send it half ways Only a real man can be a lover If he had hands to lend us all over We celebrate our sense of each other We have a lot to give one another Took my bags, Illinois Dreamt the lake took my boy Man of Steel, Man of Heart Turn your ear to my part There are things you have said Raise the boat, and raise the dead If you take us away Still we can say: Only a steel man can be a lover If he had hands to tremble all over We celebrate our sense of each other We have a lot to give one another Only a steel man can be a lover If he had hands to tremble all over We celebrate our sense of each other We have a lot to give one another |
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