Driving Lessons movie - The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders Part 1: The Great Frontier lyrics
rate meSong by Sufjan Stevens<br /><br>
Part I: "The Great Frontier"<br>
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I count the days the Great Frontier<br>
Forgiving, faced the seventh year<br>
I stand in awe of gratefulness<br>
I can and call forgetfulness<br>
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And when I, and when I call<br>
The Patient, the Patient fall<br>
The Spirit, the Carpenter<br>
Invites us to be with her<br>
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What have we become America?<br>
Soldiers on the Great Frontier!<br>
Carpenter and Soldier, one on one<br>
It's the battle, volunteer!<br>
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Run from yourself, from your friends, from ya--<br>
Run for your life, for your friends, for ya--<br>
American, merica, meri--<br>
Oh Illinois, Illinois, Illi--<br>
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The prairie, the frontier, the perfect farm, it's from here<br>
The fortress, the faker, the cornerstone, the baker<br>
The dancer, the fisher, audition and the disher<br>
The boxer, the fetcher, the ghweing gum, dream catcher<br>
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I count the days the Great Frontier<br>
Forgiving, faced the seventh year<br>
I stand and strain to make ends meet<br>
Five Spirits on the Grand Marquee<br>
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And when I, and when I call<br>
The Patient, the Patient fall<br>
The Spirit, the Carpenter<br>
Invites us to be with her<br>
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There was a man at the wall<br>
He was grateful for us all<br>
I saw the Wise Woman sing<br>
She wasn't asking anything<br>
She wasn't asking anything<br>
How she made the nations sing!<br>
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What have we become America?<br>
Soldiers on the Great Frontier!<br>
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Run from yourself,<br>
from your friends, from ya--<br>
Run for your life,<br>
for your friends, for ya--<br>
American, merica, meri--<br>
Oh Illinois, Illinois, Illi--<br>
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The mattress, the floozies, the actress at the movies<br>
The lantern, the lotion, the wind that wakes the ocean<br>
The Standard Edition, the architect's rendition<br>
The fashion, the fevers, the house we got at Sears<br>
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Part II: "Come to Me Only With Playthings Now"<br>
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Oh Great Fire of Great Disaster<br>
Oh Great Heaven, oh Great Master<br>
Oh Great Goat, the curse you gave us<br>
Oh Great Ghost, protect and save us<br>
Oh Great River, green with envy<br>
Oh Jane Addams, spirit send thee<br>
Oh Great Trumpet and the singers<br>
(Given what you lost are you better off?)<br>
Oh Great Goodman, King of Swingers<br>
(Given what you had, has it made you mad?)<br>
Oh Great Bears and Bulls, Joe Jackson<br>
(Celebrate the few. Celebrate the new.)<br>
Oh Great Illinois<br>
(It can only start with you)<br>
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