Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step-Mother! - Sufjan Stevens

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Our step mom we did everything to hate her

She took us down to the edge of Decatur

We saw the lion and the kangaroo 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

Stephen 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 Caterpillar, 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