Lyrics

[ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA] 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 a battle, volunteer [BARSINE & NACNA, ARCTIINI, ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA] Run from yoursеlf, from your friends, from your (The prairie, thе frontier, the perfect) Farm, it's from here Run for your life, for your friends, for your (The fortress, the faker, the corner-) -Stone, the baker Americamericameri- (The dancer, the fisher, audition) And the disher Oh, Illinois, Illinois, Illi- (The boxer, the fetcher, the chewing) Gum, dream catcher [ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA] 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 [BARSINE & NACNA, ARCTIINI, ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA] Run from yourself, from your friends, from your (The mattress, the floozies, the actress) At the movies Run for your life, for your friends, for your (The lantern, the lotion, the wind that) Wakes the ocean Americamericameri- (The Standard Addition, the archi-) -Tech's rendition Oh, Illinois, Illinois, Illi- (The fashion, the fevers, the house we) Got at Sears [ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA] Da-da-da, da-da-da-da Da-da-da, da-da-da-da Da-da-da, da-da-da-da Da-da-da, da-da-da-da Da-da-da, da-da-da-da Da-da-da, da-da-da-da Da-da-da, da-da-da-da Da-da-da, da-da-da-da [ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA] 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 [ARCTIINI & BARSINE, NACNA] Given what you lost are you better off? (Oh great trumpet and the singers) Given what you had, has it made you mad? (Oh great goodman, king of swingers) Celebrate the few, celebrate the new (Oh great Bears and Bulls, Joe Jackson) It can only start with you (Oh great Illinois)