[Part I: "The Great Frontier"]
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I count the days the Great Frontier
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Forgiving, faced the seventh year
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I stand in awe of gratefulness
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I can and call forgetfulness
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And when I, and when I call
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The Patient, the Patient fall
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The Spirit, the Carpenter
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Invites us to be with her
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What have we become America?
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Soldiers on the Great Frontier!
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Carpenter and Soldier, one on one
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It's the battle, volunteer!
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Run from yourself, from your friends, from ya--
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Run for your life, for your friends, for ya--
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American, merica, meri--
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Oh Illinois, Illinois, Illi--
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The prairie, the frontier, the perfect farm, it's from here
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The fortress, the faker, the cornerstone, the baker
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The dancer, the fisher, audition and the disher
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The boxer, the fetcher, the ghweing gum, dream catcher
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I count the days the Great Frontier
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Forgiving, faced the seventh year
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I stand and strain to make ends meet
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Five Spirits on the Grand Marquee
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And when I, and when I call
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The Patient, the Patient fall
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The Spirit, the Carpenter
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Invites us to be with her
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There was a man at the wall
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He was grateful for us all
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I saw the Wise Woman sing
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She wasn't asking anything
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She wasn't asking anything
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How she made the nations sing!
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What have we become America?
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Soldiers on the Great Frontier!
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Run from yourself,
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from your friends, from ya--
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Run for your life,
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for your friends, for ya--
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American, merica, meri--
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Oh Illinois, Illinois, Illi--
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The mattress, the floozies, the actress at the movies
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The lantern, the lotion, the wind that wakes the ocean
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The Standard Edition, the architect's rendition
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The fashion, the fevers, the house we got at Sears
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[Part II: "Come to Me Only With Playthings Now"]
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Oh Great Fire of Great Disaster
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Oh Great Heaven, oh Great Master
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Oh Great Goat, the curse you gave us
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Oh Great Ghost, protect and save us
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Oh Great River, green with envy
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Oh Jane Addams, spirit send thee
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Oh Great Trumpet and the singers
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(Given what you lost are you better off?)
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Oh Great Goodman, King of Swingers
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(Given what you had, has it made you mad?)
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Oh Great Bears and Bulls, Joe Jackson
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(Celebrate the few. Celebrate the new.)
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Oh Great Illinois
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(It can only start with you)
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The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders
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| Sufjan Stevens |
