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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
In the Tower above the earth
There is a view that reaches far
Where we see the universe
I see the fire, I see the end
Seven miles above the earth
There is Emanuel of Mothers
With His sword, with His robe
He comes dividing man from brothers
In the Tower above the earth,
we built it for Emanuel
In the Powers of the earth,
we wait until it rails and rails
In the Tower above the earth,
we built it for Emanuel
Oh my Mother, she betrayed us
but my Father loved and bathed us
Still I go to the deepest grave
Where I go to sleep alone
