The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders (Part I: The Great Frontier — Part II: Come to Me Only with Playthings Now) Sufjan Stevens

[Part I: The Great Frontier]

[Sufjan Stevens]
I count the days the Great Frontier
Forgiving, faced the seventh year
I stand in awe of gratefulness
I can and call forgetfulness

[Sufjan Stevens & Shara Worden]
And when I, and when I call
The Patient, the Patient fall
The Spirit, the Carpenter
Invites us to be with her

[The Illinoisemaker Choir]
What have we become America?
Soldiers on the Great Frontier
Carpenter and soldier, one on one
It’s the battle, volunteer

[The Illinoisemaker Choir & (Shara Worden)]
The prairie, the frontier, the perfect farm, it’s from here
(Run from yourself, from your friends)
The fortress, the faker, the cornerstone, the baker
(Run for your life, for your friends)
The dancer, the fisher, audition and the disher
(America)
The boxer, the fetcher, the chewing gum, dream catcher
(Oh, Illinois)