The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders: Part I/part Ii Lyrics - Sufjan Stevens

Part I: "The Great Frontier" 

I count the days the Great Frontier 

Forgiving, faced the seventh year 

I stand in awe of gratefulness 

I can and call forgetfulness 

And when I, and when I call 

The Patient, the Patient fall 

The Spirit, the Carpenter 

Invites us to be with her 

What have we become America? 

Soldiers on the Great Frontier! 

Carpenter and Soldier, one on one 

It's the battle, volunteer! 

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Run from yourself, from your friends, from ya-- 

Run for your life, for your friends, for ya-- 

American, merica, meri-- 

Oh Illinois, Illinois, Illi-- 

The prairie, the frontier, the perfect farm, it's from here 

The fortress, the faker, the cornerstone, the baker 

The dancer, the fisher, audition and the disher 

The boxer, the fetcher, the ghweing gum, dream catcher 

I count the days the Great Frontier 

Forgiving, faced the seventh year 

I stand and strain to make ends meet 

Five Spirits on the Grand Marquee 

And when I, and when I call 

The Patient, the Patient fall 

The Spirit, the Carpenter 

Invites us to be with her 

Photos 

There was a man at the wall 

He was grateful for us all 

I saw the Wise Woman sing 

She wasn't asking anything 

She wasn't asking anything 

How she made the nations sing! 

What have we become America? 

Soldiers on the Great Frontier! 

Run from yourself, 

from your friends, from ya-- 

Run for your life, 

for your friends, for ya-- 

American, merica, meri-- 

Oh Illinois, Illinois, Illi-- 

The mattress, the floozies, the actress at the movies 

The lantern, the lotion, the wind that wakes the ocean 

The Standard Edition, the architect's rendition 

The fashion, the fevers, the house we got at Sears 

Part II: "Come to Me Only With Playthings Now" 

Oh Great Fire of Great Disaster 

Oh Great Heaven, oh Great Master 

Oh Great Goat, the curse you gave us 

Oh Great Ghost, protect and save us 

Oh Great River, green with envy 

Oh Jane Addams, spirit send thee 

Oh Great Trumpet and the singers 

(Given what you lost are you better off?) 

Oh Great Goodman, King of Swingers 

(Given what you had, has it made you mad?) 

Oh Great Bears and Bulls, Joe Jackson 

(Celebrate the few. Celebrate the new.) 

Oh Great Illinois 

(It can only start with you)