Illinoise - a story about John Wayne Gacy, Jr. Lyrics

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Illinoise the Musical - a story about John Wayne Gacy, Jr. Lyrics

The song is written by Sufjan Stevens.

BARSINE:
His father was a drinker
And his mother cried in bed
Folding John Wayne's T-shirts
When the swingset hit his head
The neighbors they adored him
For his humor and his conversation
Look underneath the house there
Find the few living things
Rotting fast, in their sleep
Oh, the dead

BARSINE & NACNA:
Twenty-seven people
Even more, they were boys
With their cars, summer jobs
Oh my god
Are you one of them?
He dressed up like a clown for them
With his face paint white and red
And on his best behavior
In a dark room on the bed
He kissed them all
He'd kill ten thousand people
With a slight of his hand
Running far
Running fast to the dead
He took off all their clothes for them
He put a cloth on their lips
Quiet hands
Quiet kiss on the mouth

BARSINE:
And in my best behavior
I am really just like him
Look beneath the floor boards
For the secrets I have hid

Illinoise the Musical Lyrics

Three Stars
The Long Hike
Come On! Feel the Illinoise!
a story about Jacksonville
a story about Zombies
a story about John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
a story about The Man of Metropolis
Decatur
Chicago
Casimir Pulaski Day
Prairie Fire That Wanders About
The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us
The Seer's Tower
Chicago (reprise)
The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders