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Illinoise: A New Musical - Come On! Feel the Illinoise! (Official Audio)
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elijah Lyons
Elijah Lyons
Lead Vocals
My Brightest Diamond
My Brightest Diamond
Performer
Original Cast of Illinoise: A New Musical
Original Cast of Illinoise: A New Musical
Performer
Eleonore Oppenheim
Eleonore Oppenheim
Acoustic Bass Guitar
Nathan Koci
Nathan Koci
Music Director
Daniel Freedman
Daniel Freedman
Drums
Domenica Fossati
Domenica Fossati
Flute
Brett Parnell
Brett Parnell
Guitar
Kyra Sims
Kyra Sims
Horn
Shara Nova
Shara Nova
Lead Vocals
Tasha Viets-Vanlear
Tasha Viets-Vanlear
Lead Vocals
Jessica Tsang
Jessica Tsang
Vibraphone
Kathy Halvorson
Kathy Halvorson
Oboe
Sean Peter Forte
Sean Peter Forte
Piano
Brandon Ridenour
Brandon Ridenour
Trumpet
Christina Courtin
Christina Courtin
Violin
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Composer
Timo Andres
Timo Andres
Orchestrator
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Timo Andres
Timo Andres
Producer
Andrew Lulling
Andrew Lulling
Assistant Recording Engineer
Kortney Bernard
Kortney Bernard
Assistant Recording Engineer
Nathan Koci
Nathan Koci
Producer
Dean Sharenow
Dean Sharenow
Producer
Garth MacAleavey
Garth MacAleavey
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

Oh, great intentions
I've got the best of interventions
But when the ads come
I think about it now
In my infliction
Entrepreneurial conditions
Take us to glory
I think about it now
Cannot conversations cull united nations?
If you got the patience, celebrate the ancients
Cannot all creation call it celebration?
Or united nations, put it to your head
Oh, great white city
I've got the adequate committee
Where have your walls gone?
I think about it now
Chicago, in fashion
The soft drinks, expansion
Oh, Columbia
From Paris, incentive
Like Cream of Wheat invented
The ferris wheel
[Instrumental]
Oh, great intentions
Covenant with the imitation
Have you no conscience?
I think about it now
Oh, god of progress
Have you degraded or forgot us?
Where have your laws gone?
I think about it now
Ancient hieroglyphic or the South Pacific
Typically terrific, busy and prolific
Classical devotion, architect promotion
Lacking in emotion, think about it now
Chicago, the new age
But what would Frank Lloyd Wright say?
Oh, Columbia
Amusement or treasure
These optimistic pleasures
Like the ferris
Wheel
Cannot conversations
Cull united nations
If you got the patience
Celebrate the ancients
Columbia
[Instrumental]
I cried myself
To sleep last night
And the ghost of Carl
He approached my window
I was hypnotized
I was asked
To improvise
On the attitude
The regret
Of a thousand centuries of death
Even with the heart of terror and the superstitious wearer
I am riding all alone
I am writing all alone
Even in my best condition counting all the superstition
I am riding all alone
I am running all alone
And we laughed at the beatitudes
Of a thousand lines
We were asked
At the attitudes
They reminded us
Of death
Even with the rest belated, everything is antiquated
Are you writing from the heart?
Are you writing from the heart?
Even in his heart, the Devil has to know the water level
Are you writing from the heart?
Are you writing from the heart?
I cried myself
To sleep last night
For the Earth, and materials
They may sound just right to me
Even with the rest belated, everything is antiquated
Are you writing from the heart?
Are you writing from the heart?
Even in his heart, the Devil has to know the water level
Are you writing from the heart?
Are you writing from the heart?
Written by: Sufjan Stevens

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