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Artist: The Everly Brothers
Canonical path: /everly-brothers-the/illinois
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Illinois
Read Illinois lyrics by The Everly Brothers on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Illinois
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Clean Prairie winds blow from Rockford to Cairo
Over the cornfields that gleam in the sun
And off in the east glow, the lights of Chicago
When daylight has ended and night has begun
In Illinois, Illinois
The skyline, the stockyard,
The Gold coast, the grain fields
Chicago, the giant that leads all the rest
Chicago where trains roll, into the station
The heart of the nation, the start of the West
In Illinois, Illinois
In Illinois, Illinois
Blue haze of winter
Hangs over the Prairie
Feel the soft winds of spring
Chase the chill from the air
Bright August mornings
And the warm summer rainfall
On brisk autumn days
With a harvest to share
In Illinois, Illinois
Illinois, Illinois
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The Everly Brothers performs "Illinois", and this lyric page sits inside the The Everly Brothers catalog on LyroVerse.
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