A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons (track)
by Sufjan Stevens
A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons appears on the following album(s) by Sufjan Stevens:
- Illinois (track #6) (this album) (2005)

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This is one where you wish that interludes didn't contribute to the album's overall score...
Hard to rate this track, as it really just feels like an extended ending to Jacksonville.