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2024 Broadway
Illinoise the Musical - a story about Zombies Lyrics
The song is written by Sufjan Stevens.
BARSINE & VOICES:
I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S
Ring the bell and call or write us
I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S
Can you call the Captain Clitus?
NACNA, BARSINE & VOICES:
(Who will save it?)
Logan, Grant, and Ronald Reagan
(Dedicate it)
In the grave with Xylophagan
(Who will praise it?)
Do you know the ghost community?
(Commemorate it for you?)
Sound the horn, address the city
ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA:
We are awakened with the axe
Night of the living dead at last
They have begun to shake the dirt
Wiping their shoulders from the earth
I know, I know
BARSINE:
The nation's past
ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA:
I know, I know
BARSINE:
They rust at last
ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA:
They tremble with
BARSINE:
The nervous thought
ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA:
Of having been
BARSINE:
At last, forgot
BARSINE & VOICES:
I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S
Ring the bell and call or write us
I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S
Can you call the Captain Clitus?
NACNA & ARCTIINI, BARSINE & VOICES:
(Who will save it?)
B-U-D-A Caledonia
(Dedicate it?)
S-E-C-O-R Magnolia
(Who will praise it?)
B-I-R-D-S and Kankakee
(Commemorate it for you?)
Evansville and Parker City
ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA:
Speaking their names,
They shake the flag
Waking the earth,
It lifts and lags
We see a thousand rooms to rest
Helping us taste the bite of death
I know, I know
BARSINE:
My time is passed
ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA:
I'm not so young
BARSINE:
I'm not so fast
ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA:
I tremble with
BARSINE:
The nervous thought
ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA:
Of having been
BARSINE:
At last, forgot
VOICES, ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA:
I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S (Oh, ah)
Ring the bell and call or write us
I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S (Ooh, ah)
Can you call the Captain Clitus?
NACNA & ARCTIINI, BARSINE & VOICES:
(Who will save it?)
Comer and potato peelers
(Dedicate it?)
G-R-E-E-N Ridge Reeders
(Who will praise it?)
M-C-V-E-Y and Horace
(Commemorate it for you?)
E-N-O-S start the chorus
NACNA, BARSINE & VOICES:
(Who will save it?)
I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S
ARCTIINI:
I know, I know my time is passed
NACNA, BARSINE & VOICES:
(Dedicate it?)
Ring the bell and call or write us
ARCTIINI:
I'm not so young, I'm not so fast
NACNA, BARSINE & VOICES:
(Who will praise it?)
I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S
ARCTIINI:
I tremble with the nervous thought
NACNA, BARSINE & VOICES:
(Commemorate it for you?)
Can you call the Captain Clitus?
ARCTIINI:
Of having been, at last, forgot
NACNA, BARSINE & VOICES:
(Who will save it?)
Comer and potato peelers
ARCTIINI:
I know, I know my time has passed
NACNA, BARSINE & VOICES:
(Dedicate it?)
G-R-E-E-N Ridge Reeders
ARCTIINI:
I'm not so young,
I'm not so fast
NACNA, BARSINE & VOICES:
(Who will praise it?)
M-C-V-E-Y and Horace
ARCTIINI:
I tremble with the nervous thought
NACNA, BARSINE & VOICES:
(Commemorate it for you?)
E-N-O-S start the chorus
ARCTIINI:
Of having been, at last, for
Review: Illinoise the Musical Lyrics
Illinoise the Musical Lyrics
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