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I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S! Ring the bell and call or write us I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S! Can you call the Captain Clitus? (Who will save it?) Logan, Grant, and Ronald Reagan (Dedicate it?) In the grave with Xylophagan (Who will praise it?) Do you know the ghost community? (Commemorate it for you?) Sound the horn, address the city 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 I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S! Ring the bell and call or write us I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S! Can you call the Captain Clitus? (Who will save it?) 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 Speaking their names, they shake the flag Waking the earth, it lifts and lags We see a thousand rooms to rest Helping us taste the bite of d**h I know, I know my time is pa**ed I'm not so young, I'm not so fast I tremble with the nervous thought Of having been, at last, forgot I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S! Ring the bell and call or write us I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S! Can you call the Captain Clitus? (Who will save it?) Comer and Potato Peelers (Dedicate it?) G-R-E-E-N Ridge! Reeders (Who will praise it?) M-C-V-E-Y! And Horace (Commemorate it for you?) E-N-O-S! Start the chorus Corn and farms and tombs in Lemmon (Who will save it?) I know, I know the nations past Sailor Springs and all things feminine (Dedicate it?) I know, I know they rust at last Centerville and Old Metropolis (Who will praise it?) They tremble with the nervous thought Shawneetown, you trade and topple us (Commemorate it for you?) Of having been, at last, forgot I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S! (Who will save it?) I know, I know the nations past Hold your tongue and don't divide us (Dedicate it?) I know, I know they rust at last I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S! (Who will praise it?) They tremble with the nervous thought Land of God, you hold and guide us (Commemorate it for you?) Of having been, at last, forgot