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John Wayne Gacy Jr by Sufjan Stevens

His father was a drinker
And his mother cried in bed

Folding John Wayne's t-shirts
When the (1)________________ hit his head

The (2)__________________ they adored him
For his (3)__________ and his conversation

Look (4)____________________ the (5)__________ there
Find the few living things
Rotting fast, in (6)__________ sleep
Oh, the dead
Twenty-seven people
Even more, they were boys
With (7)__________ cars, (8)____________ jobs
Oh my God...

Are you one of them?

He dressed up (9)________ a clown for them
With his face (10)__________ (11)__________ and red

And on his best behavior
In a (12)________ (13)________ on the bed
He (14)____________ them all
He'd (15)________ ten thousand people
With a sleight of his hand
Running far, running fast to the dead
He took off all (16)__________ clothes for them
He put a cloth on their lips
Quiet hands, (17)__________ (18)________ on the mouth...

And in my (19)________ behavior
I am (20)____________ just (21)________ him

Look (22)______________ the floor boards
For the (23)______________ I have hid

Answers:
(1) swingset(2) neighbors(3) humor(4) underneath(5) house(6) their(7) their(8) summer(9) like(10) paint(11) white(12) dark(13) room(14) kissed(15) kill(16) their(17) quiet(18) kiss(19) best(20) really(21) like(22) beneath(23) secrets