on the vinyl edition) is a track from Sufjan Stevens 2005 concept album Illinois, released on Asthmatic Kitty.

The song tells the semi-autobiographical[1] story of a young man on a road trip, and his youthful idealism.

[3] However, he qualified the story of the song as only being partly true, stating, "The writer is the inventor, the designer, the creative force behind a body of work.

[6] The track was sampled by Chiddy Bang on their single "All Things Go" as well as featuring a shortened version as the opening theme for the Netflix show The Politician.

In the episode, the song is introduced by WXRT DJ Lin Brehmer and is played over the opening credits.