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0 . Out of Egypt, into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt from My Sandals as I Run
01 . Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
02 . The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and Still Feel Good About Yourself in the Morning, or, We Apologize for the Inconvenience but You're Going to Have to Leave Now, or, 'I Have Fought the Big Knives and Will Continue to Fight Th
03 . Come On! Feel the Illinoise!
04 . John Wayne Gacy Jr.
05 . Jacksonville
06 . A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, but for Very Good Reasons
07 . Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!
08 . One Last 'Whoo-Hoo!' for the Pullman
09 . Chicago
10 . Casimir Pulaski Day
11 . To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament
12 . The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
13 . Prairie Fire That Wanders About
14 . A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze
15 . The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
16 . They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!
17 . Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bushnell
18 . In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth
19 . The Seer's Tower
20 . The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders
21 . Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, and the King of Swing, to Name a Few
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"Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!" Lyrics
Our step mom we did everything to hate her
She took us down to the edge of Decatur
We saw the lion and the kangeroo take her
Down to the river where they caught a wild alligator
Sangamon River it overflowed
It caused a mudslide on the banks of the operator
civil war skeletons in their graves,
They came up clapping in the spirit of the aviator
The sound of the engines and the smell of the grain,
We go riding on the abolition grain train
Steven A. Douglas was a great debater,
But Abraham Lincoln was the great emancipator
Chickenmobile with your rooster tail
I had my fill and I know how bad it feels
Stay awake and watch for the data
No small caterpiller, go congratulate her
Denominator, go Decatur, go Decatur,
It's the great I Am
abominate her, go Decatur, why did we hate her?
It's the great I Am
Denominator, go Decatur, anticipate her
It's the great I Am
Appreciate her, appreciate her,
Stand up and thank her,
Stand up and thank her,
It's the great I Am.
Stand up and thank her,
It's the great I Am.
Stand up and thank her,
It's the great I Am.
Stand up and thank her
