In the U.S.A., we want to sing along with the chorus and ignore the verses, ignore the blues... No one is going to hold up a cigarette lighter in a stadium to the tune of "mourn together, suffer together." City on a hill, though — that has a backbeat we can dance to. And that's why the citizens of the United States not only elected and reelected Ronald Reagan; that's why we ARE Ronald Reagan.


The Wordy Shipmates (ed. Penguin, 2008) - ISBN: 9781440638695

Sarah Vowell Quotes

In the U.S.A., we want to sing along with the chorus and ignore the verses, ignore the blues... No one is going to hold up a cigarette lighter in a...

In the U.S.A., we want to sing along with the chorus and ignore the verses, ignore the blues... No one is going to hold up a cigarette lighter in a...

In the U.S.A., we want to sing along with the chorus and ignore the verses, ignore the blues... No one is going to hold up a cigarette lighter in a...

In the U.S.A., we want to sing along with the chorus and ignore the verses, ignore the blues... No one is going to hold up a cigarette lighter in a...