Reply #89: Let's make "Route 66" the new national anthem... [View All]

[KansDem]

Now, before you say, "ooh, ohh, KansDem, you're dumb!" let me explain the lyrics:

Well if you ever plan to motor west (There's the "go west (young man) go west" theme)
Just take my way that's the highway that's the best ("Best"--because everything's "best" in America!)
Get your kicks on Route 66 ("Kicks"--a subtle reference to "having fun")

Well it winds from Chicago to L.A. (Mentions two of the largest "with-it" cities in U.S.)
More than 2000 miles all the way (Refers to the vast expanse of America)
Get your kicks on Route 66 (See above)

Well goes from St. Louie down to Missouri (Now we start naming off some prominent landmarks)
Oklahoma City looks oh so pretty (I've been there and think Tulsa is prettier, but it's not on "66")
You'll see Amarillo and Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona don't forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernadino (At least 10 cities named from very big to very small, kinda like a cross-section of American society--from the movers and shakers of the cities to humble farm families)

Would you get hip to this kindly tip (Good ol' American wisdom--kinda like Will Rogers)
And go take that California trip ("California"--the Golden State.)
Get your kicks on Route 66 (See above)

Well goes from St. Louie down to Missouri (Repeat of previous stanzas)
Oklahoma city looks oh so pretty
You'll see Amarillo and Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona don't forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernadino

Would you get hip to this kindly tip
And go take that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66


I count 4 states and 11 cities mentioned, way more than our current National Anthem. Other American themes include: "go west," "the best," vast expanse, American wisdom, and "fun."

And the fact that Route 66 doesn't exist anymore is another symbol of America: progress. The "kindly old two-lane 66" was replaced by the faster, sleeker, 4-lane I-40, I-44, and some other interstate segment(s).

KansDem