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Sufjan Stevens – Adlai Stevenson (2006) | Track profile | Dork

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Sufjan Stevens
The Avalanche
Adlai Stevenson

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Adlai Stevenson

Release date: 11th July 2006

From The Avalanche

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About This Track

"Adlai Stevenson" is a track by Sufjan Stevens, from the album The Avalanche, released 11th July 2006. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Sufjan Stevens.

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Lyrics

Adlai Stevenson

Righteous men of the earth

Oh, have you been patients

I suppose our thoughts about United Nations

Adlai, Adlai

What did you say

And what is the answer?

Adlai, Adlai

What did he say

And what is the answer?

1952, the heart was not your master

The accident you threw

Would carry through your laughter

Evidence, evidence

I've heard of it

And what is the answer?

Evidence, evidence

I've heard of it

And what is the answer?

Adlai, Adlai

Your holiday

The greatest of men, sir

Adlai, Adlai

What did you say

And what is the answer?

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Track details

From The Avalanche

2006

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Album

Release year

2006

—The Vivian Girls Are Visited in the Night by Saint Dargarius
—The Undivided Self (For Eppie and Popo)
—For Clyde Tombaugh
—Carlyle Lake
—The Perpetual Self, or 'What Would Saul Alinsky Do?'
—Inaugural Pop Music for Jane Margaret Byrne
—Pittsfield
—The Mistress Witch from McClure (Or, The Mind That Knows Itself)
—Chicago (Multiple Personality Disorder Version)
—Saul Bellow
—Springfield, or Bobby Got a Shadfly Caught in His Hair
—Kaskaskia River
—Adlai Stevenson
—Chicago (Acoustic Version)
—Dear Mr. Supercomputer
—Chicago (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version)
—No Man's Land
—The Henney Buggy Band
—The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake
—The Pick-Up

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Sufjan Stevens — Adlai Stevenson

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Adlai Stevenson

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Sufjan Stevens has planned a 10th anniversary edition of 'Carrie & Lowell' with unreleased demos

Sufjan Stevens has planned a 10th anniversary edition of 'Carrie & Lowell' with unreleased demos

Sufjan Stevens will release a deluxe anniversary edition of 'Carrie & Lowell' featuring unreleased demos, an art book, and worldwide listening events.

30 Apr 2025 • 8:02 pm

Sufjan Stevens has shared a new single, 'Will Anybody Ever Love Me?'

Sufjan Stevens has shared a new single, 'Will Anybody Ever Love Me?'

The track is taken from forthcoming album 'Javelin', set for release on 6th October.

14 Sept 2023 • 8:42 am

Sufjan Stevens has announced a new album, 'Javelin'

Sufjan Stevens has announced a new album, 'Javelin'

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Sufjan Stevens
Producer: Sufjan Stevens
Background Vocals: Rosie Thomas
Mastering Engineer: Alan Douches
Trumpet: Craig Montoro