Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts

One, two, three, four
Two, two, three, four

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, and 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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Writer(s): Sufjan Stevens
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Other Album Tracks

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  2. The Black Hawk War or, How to demolish an entire civilization and still feel good about yourself in the morning or, we apologize for the inconvenience but you're going to have to leave now or, I have fought the big knives and will continue to fight them..
  3. Come on! Feel the Illinoise! Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition. Part II: Carl Sandburg visits me in a dream
  4. John Wayne Gacy. Jr.
  5. Jacksonville
  6. A short reprise for Mary Todd, who went insane, but for very good reasons
  7. Decatur, or round of applause for your Step-Motther!
  8. One last "Whoo-hoo" for the Pullman
  9. Chicago
  10. Casimir Pulaski Day

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Altri album

  1. Seven Swans (Deluxe Edition)
  2. Javelin
  3. A Running Start
  4. Will Anybody Ever Love Me?
  5. So You Are Tired
  6. Fourth of July
  7. Convocations
  8. Incantation VIII
  9. Celebrations
  10. Celebration VIII

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