“Tuesday morning at the Bible study
We lift our hands and pray over your body
But nothing ever happens”

—  Sufjan Stevens

"Casimir Pulaski Day"
Lyrics, Illinois (2005)

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American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist 1975

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