Illinois

from Certain Cancelled Flights by The National Pep

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lyrics

Everything is out of sync
In the land of lanky Linc
Seems emancipation ain't too thorough
No-one here can meet my gaze
Or hear what yours truly says
Do I have a reputation in this borough?
It just doesn't feel like Illinois
It just doesn't feel like Illinois

It's manifest, I must go west
Ocean of blue, city of orange
I must get back to my good neighbours
No eyes of brown around this town
Where they mistake me for a maid
Who has absconded from her labours
It just doesn't feel like Illinois
It just doesn't feel like Illinois

Historic Illinois
What did I do to you?
Bosom of Abraham, my parents raised me right
So let me in Illinois
In Illinois

I reflect on this affair
On the drive back to O'Hare
I hear doors close behind me
Don't know whose feelings I have hurt
Was I too LA extrovert?
Well next time you come find me
Cos this time didn't feel like Illinois
It just didn't feel like Illinois

(Not a great moment, Illinois)

credits

from Certain Cancelled Flights, released October 31, 2016
Tilt Araiza -- keyboards

with
Laura Denison -- guest vocals
Albert Freeman -- flute
Blake Jones -- guitars

Written by Tilt and Celia Araiza
Produced by Tilt Araiza

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The National Pep Hyderabad, India

It is impossible to separate the National Pep's history into its components of truth and legend. There is a truly marvellous proof of this, which this margin is too small to contain, but which can be read at
thenationalpep.org.uk/history.html

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