Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy, Jr

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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His father was a drinker and his mother cried in bed
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Folding John Wayne’s tshirts when the swingset hit his head
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The neighbors they adored him
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For his humor and his conversation
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Look underneath the house there

[Chorus]
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Find the few living things, rotting fast, in their sleep
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Oh the dead
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2 7 people
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Even more, they were boys, with their cars, summer jobs
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Oh my God
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Are you one of them?

[Verse 2]
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He dressed up like a clown for them
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With his face paint white and red
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And on his best behavior
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In a dark room on the bed he kissed them all
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He’d kill ten thousand people

[Chorus]
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With a slight of his hand, running far, running fast to the dead
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He took off all their clothes for them
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He put a cloth on their lips, quiet hands, quiet kiss on the mouth

[Verse 3]
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And in my best behavior
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I am really just like him
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Look beneath the floor boards
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For the secrets I have hid