John Wayne Gacy, Jr (Sufjan Stevens Cover)

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One of my favourite Sufjan Stevens songs.
Hope you enjoy !

Known Gacy victims, with date of disappearance.
Timothy McCoy, 18, January 3, 1972
John Butkovitch, 17, July 21, 1975
Darrell Sampson, 18, April 6, 1976
Randall Reffett, 15, May 14, 1976
Sam Stapleton, 14, May 14, 1976
Michael Bonnin, 17, June 3, 1976
William Carroll, 16, June 13, 1976
Rick Johnston, 17, August 6, 1976
Kenneth Parker, 16, October 25, 1976
Michael Marino, 14, October 25, 1976
Gregory Godzik, 17, December 12, 1976
John Szyc, 19, January 20, 1977
Jon Prestidge, 20, March 15, 1977
Matthew Bowman, 19, July 5, 1977[
Robert Gilroy, 18, September 15, 1977
John Mowery, 19, September 25, 1977
Russell Nelson, 21, October 17, 1977
Robert Winch, 16, November 10, 1977
Tommy Boling, 20, November 18, 1977
David Talsma, 19, December 9, 1977
William Kindred, 19, February 16, 1978
Timothy O'Rourke, 20, June, 1978
Frank Landingin, 19, November 4, 1978
James Mazzara, 21, November 24, 1978
Robert Piest, 15, December 11, 1978

Lyrics and music written by Sufjan Stevens
His father was a drinker
And his mother cried in bed
Folding John Wayne's T-shirts
When the swingset hit his head
The neighbors they adored him
For his humor and his conversation
Look underneath the house there
Find the few living things
Rotting fast in their sleep of the dead
Twenty-seven people, even more
They were boys with their cars, summer jobs
Oh my God

Are you one of them?

He dressed up like a clown for them
With his face paint white and red
And on his best behavior
In a dark room on the bed he kissed them all
He'd kill ten thousand people
With a sleight of his hand
Running far, running fast to the dead
He took of all their clothes for them
He put a cloth on their lips
Quiet hands, quiet kiss
On the mouth

And in my best behavior
I am really just like him
Look beneath the floorboards
For the secrets I have hid

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[PanavisionLove]

Were you in theater class? Because you got the over exaggerated Brittany Spears facial expressions going on. No need to do that.

[kim0loves0chickfila]

I loveee sufjan stevens, not many people like or recognize him. Soo the fact that you played this, is coool :D Good job!

[evapo777]

besides Sufjan, art is dead.. so don't pretend you are mysterious or artistic with bull crap expressions like this. can't anybody just humbly put up a song and leave the emotions to the listeners of SUFJAN!! not you

[seasaboveme]

@PanavisionLove IT'S "BRITNEY", BITCH. 

[renoealexander]

@PanavisionLove I was looking at the chords and the lyrics, because I had just learned the song about 5 minutes before I performed it. I'd suggest watching somebody else's videos if you're not fond of mine.

[PanavisionLove]

@philipsmog You say this as he glances at himself constantly throughout the video. All I'm sayin is he feels more aware of himself than the music. YO!

[CaptainClaudius]

Best leave it to professionals. Nice try.

[AbigailAndI]

i like your voice. well done

[philipsmog]

@PanavisionLove the facials expressions are just a by-product I'm sure, not everyone is so self conscious to worry about what their face looks like when they're singing.

[devataa]

you kinda look like soofie.

[oznocious]

its great. sounds like you have the guitar part sorted, if i could give anything constructive id say try not to slide around the notes to much, make the 1st word of each line sound more important. thanks for posting.