To The Workers Of The Rock River Valley Region, I Have An Idea Concerning Your Predicament, And It Involves An Inner Tube, Bath Mats, And 21 Able-Bodied Men (track)
by Sufjan Stevens
Year: 2005
From the album Illinois (track #11)
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To The Workers Of The Rock River Valley Region, I Have An Idea Concerning Your Predicament, And It Involves An Inner Tube, Bath Mats, And 21 Able-Bodied Men appears on the following album(s) by Sufjan Stevens:
- Illinois (track #11) (this album) (2005)
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Great, beautiful interlude. Love the melancholic feeling.
Meowtopia 06/05/2018 01:41 | #216153
Really cool that Sufjan references the same river that goes through my neighborhood in Illinois!
slurpdurp 01/20/2017 05:39 | #183430
My favorite title for a song on this album. So fun lol
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