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Written by Joe Bourdet and Alana Amram.
(Mountain Sounds ASCAP, Alanasaurus Rex SESAC)
Will Scott - Drums
Connor Catfish Gallaher - Pedal Steel Guitar
Joe - Guitars, Vocals, Produced and Engineered

Recorded at Mountain Sounds Recorders

Photo by Leigh Miller
Layout/design by Justin Hawkins
(c)2023

Silk Robe, Garden Flowers

Lyrics 

‘Illinois’ by Dan Fogelberg
Dusty days dawning, three hours late
Open the curtains, let the rest wait
My mind goes runnin’, three thousand miles east
I may miss the harvest, but I won’t miss the feast

And it looks like your gonna have to see me again
And it looks like your gonna have to see me again
And it looks like your gonna have to see me again
Illinois, oh Illinois, Illinois, oh Illinois

South California sun is too cold
Looks like your hills have been raped of their gold
I should have come bank, when I was first told
This lamb has got too, return to the fold

And it looks like your gonna have to see me again
And it looks like your gonna have to see me again
And it looks like your gonna have to see me again
Illinois, oh Illinois, Illinois, I’m you boy

Light on the prairie, soil and stone
Stretching forever, taking me home
I’ve got a woman who waits for me there
And I need a breath of that sweet country air

And it looks like your gonna have to see me again
And it looks like your gonna have to see me again
And it looks like your gonna have to see me again
Illinois, oh Illinois, Illinois, oh Illinois

Credits:
Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Joe Bourdet at his studio, Mountain Sounds Recorders in Alhambra, CA.

The players:
Justin Smith - Drums
Catfish Connor Gallaher - Pedal Steel Guitar
Joe - Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Piano

“Illinois” written by Dan Fogelberg (EMI April Music Inc. and Hickory Grove Music Co.)

Artwork and visual design by Amy Blaschke
Medium format film photography by Justin Daniels 
Media by Kim Grant at KG Music Press
Released on the label Mountain Sounds Recorders Copyright (c) 2025

Illinois

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