Old 97s - Champaign illinois

^GThe bottom line's been snorted ^CThe bottom card's been ^Gdealt ^DNo one knows like you know right now ^CHow truly bad it ^Gfelt

^GAll your life you wasted, oh ^CDreamin' about the ^Gday ^DWhen worker bees kill off their queen ^CAnd carry all her eggs ^Gaway

^COh, and if you die fearing God ^GAnd painfully ^Cemployed ^GNo, you will not go to ^Dheaven You'll go to ^CChampaign, ^GIllinois

^GUp north is Chicago ^CWhere booze makes no one ^Gblush ^DMemory comes back to you ^CIn a double bourbon ^Grush

^GThe memories aren't all bad ^CAnd neither, my friend, ^Gare you ^DThere is an argument that there must be some heaven meant ^CFor hearts that are half ^Gtrue

^CAnd if you spend your whole life ^GRollin' horses into ^CTroy ^GNo, you will not go to ^Dheaven You'll go to ^CChampaign, ^GIllinois ^GNo, you will not go to ^Dheaven You'll go to ^CChampaign, ^GIllinois

^GRoll on blacktop highway ^CCircles toward the ^Gsun ^DSpringfield's in the distance ^CAnd that's the last big ^Gone

^GAfter that comes judgment ^CAnd judgment will be ^Gswift ^DYou will be eliminated ^CBut here's a parting ^Ggift

^COh, and if you die fearing God ^GAnd painfully ^Cemployed ^GNo, you will not go to ^Dheaven You'll go to ^CChampaign, ^GIllinois