Saturday, September 29, 2018

Opening Lines from Songs by Americans with "America" in the Title



Oh beautiful for spacious skies
For amber waves of grain
For purple mountains majesties
Above the fruited plain
-- Katharine Lee Bates "America the Beautiful" (1910)

Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together
I've got some real estate here in my bag
-- Paul Simon "America" (1970)

Oh, can you take care of her
Oh, maybe can you spare her
Several moments of your consideration
Leading up to the final destination
-- Miley Cyrus et al. "Wake up America" (2008)

Us living as we do upside-down
And the new word to have is revolution
People don't even want to hear the preacher
Spill or spiel because God's whole card has been thoroughly piqued
--Kanye West "Who Will Survive in America" (2010)

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