Champaign Illinois

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The bottom line's been snorted 
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The bottom card's been dealt 
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No one knows like you know right now 
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How truly bad it felt 

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All your life you wasted, oh 
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Dreamin' about the day 
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When worker bees kill off their queen 
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And carry all her eggs away 



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Oh, and if you die fearing God 
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And painfully employed 
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No, you will not go to heaven 
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You'll go to Champaign, Illinois 


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Up north is Chicago 
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Where booze makes no one blush 
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Memory comes back to you 
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In a double bourbon rush 

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The memories aren't all bad 
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And neither, my friend, are you 
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There is an argument that there must be some heaven meant 
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For hearts that are half true 


 
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And if you spend your whole life 
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Rollin' horses into Troy 
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No, you will not go to heaven 
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You'll go to Champaign, Illinois 
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No, you will not go to heaven 
             C          G 
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois 


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Roll on blacktop highway 
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Circles toward the sun 
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Springfield's in the distance 
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And that's the last big one 

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After that comes judgment 
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And judgment will be swift 
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You will be eliminated 
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But here's a parting gift 


 
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Oh, and if you die fearing God 
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And painfully employed 
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No, you will not go to heaven 
             C          G 
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois