[Sufjan Stevens & Craig Montoro]
We are awakened with the axe
Night of the living dead at last
They have begun to shake the dirt
Wiping their shoulders from the earth
I know, I know the nations past
I know, I know they rust at last
They tremble with the nervous thought
Of having been, at last, forgot

[Sufjan Stevens & Craig Montoro]
We are awakened with the axe
Night of the living dead at last
They have begun to shake the dirt
Wiping their shoulders from the earth
I know, I know the nations past
I know, I know they rust at last
They tremble with the nervous thought
Of having been, at last, forgot

[Choir & Sufjan Stevens]
I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S
(We are awakened with the axe)
Ring the bell and call or write us
(We are awakened with the axe)
I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S
(We are awakened with the axe)
Can you call the Captain Clitus?
(We are awakened with the axe)
Who will save it?
B-U-D-A! Caledonia
(We are awakened with the axe)
Dedicate it?
S-E-C-O-R! Magnolia
Who will praise it?
B-I-R-D-S! And Kankakee
Commemorate it for you?
Evansville and Parker City
B-U-D-A! Caledonia
Dedicate it?
S-E-C-O-R! Magnolia
Who will praise it?
B-I-R-D-S! And Kankakee
Commemorate it for you?
Evansville and Parker City