When I was a young'un in Nebraska, they taught us that "There is No Place Like Nebraska" was the state song (apparently it's not)(http://www.nsny.org/nebraska_song_lyrics.htm)
. But here are the key, awful lyrics of the song, which is apparently a fight song for the University of Nebraska: "Where the girls are the fairest,/
The boys are the squarest...." I'm sure that all women absolutely dig the "squarest" men.
Oh Neil. One has to be very careful when one wishes to have more Neil in one's record collection.
Your final line is stunning in its verbal flow. I must point out that "fiery" is misspelled in the lyrics you linked.
The state song of New Jersey, I just noticed (http://www.50states.com/songs/), is "I'm From New Jersey", which keeps making me laugh with its lack of poetry. They calls em like they sees em, I guess.
My own home state song, Yankee Doodle, is pretty bad. The question remains: what is a doodle, and why call a hat macaroni?
Heh...that reminds me about watching "Fridays" with my roomate back in college. They did a skit about the "Neil Young high voice contest", and she said, "He's not singing particularly high - he's in mid-range for his voice". That's not what they meant exactly...:D They were disturbingly on the money with the skit too, as I remember.
I used to think "The Tennessee Waltz" was pretty, until I got older and realized that murder was about to be done. That actually makes it kinda appropriate for a state-full of the Scotch-Irish. I have literally NEVER heard 3 of the other 4 songs listed at http://www.50states.com/songs, and I wouldn't sing Rocky Top for money. MY family goes to Vanderbilt.
On the other hand, I was raised in Chattanooga. I can sing all the verses of "Chattanooga Choo Choo," and I don't even have to have been drinking to do it.
Damn. Catching up. Sending you belated Glory, okay?
xo
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