Testo The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders - Sufjan Stevens
Testo della canzone The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders (Sufjan Stevens), tratta dall'album Illinois
I count the days the great frontier
Forgiving, faced the seventh year
I stand in awe of gratefulness
I can and call forgetfulness
And when I, and when I call
The patient, the patient fall
The spirit, the carpenter
Invites us to be with her
What have we become America?
Soldiers on the great frontier!
Carpenter and soldier, one on one
It's the battle, volunteer!
Run from yourself, from your friends, from ya--
Run for your life, for your friends, for ya--
American, merica, meri--
Oh Illinois, Illinois, Illi--
I count the days the great frontier
Forgiving, faced the seventh year
I stand and strain to make ends meet
Five Spirits on the grand marquee
And when I, and when I call
The patient, the patient fall
The spirit, the carpenter
Invites us to be with her
There was a man at the wall
He was grateful for us all
I saw the wise woman sing
She wasn't asking anything
She wasn't asking anything
How she made the nations sing!
What have we become America?
Soldiers on the great frontier!
Run from yourself
From your friends, from ya--
Run for your life
For your friends, for ya--
American, merica, meri--
Oh Illinois, Illinois, Illi--
Oh great fire of great disaster
Oh great heaven, oh great master
Oh great goat, the curse you gave us
Oh great ghost, protect and save us
Oh great river, green with envy
Oh Jane Addams, spirit send thee
Oh great trumpet and the singers
(Given what you lost are you better off?)
Oh great Goodman, king of swingers
(Given what you had, has it made you mad?)
Oh great bears and bulls, Joe Jackson
(Celebrate the few, celebrate the new)
Oh great Illinois
(It can only start with you)
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Writer(s): Sufjan Stevens
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