The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders

[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 yourself, from your friends, from your (The prairie, the 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)