if america says it's so [ an america fst ]
if america says it's so
an america-centric fanmix
There is a very long story about this fanmix that involves it existing in some form or another for over a year. Most of that was debating if it was too serious or too negative for America's character and deciding that I should put it off until I found more lighthearted songs or just more songs in general. But I've come to the conclusion that I like the way it turned out, length and all; it's still America, just seen from a different side.
This fanmix is for romanitas who's been telling me to finish this thing for as long as it has existed. It's finally here, comrade. I hope it's worth the wait. ♥
❶ "Rhapsody in Blue" - Leonard Bernstein
instrumental
❷ "Don't Drink the Water" - Dave Matthews Band
And as you go I will spread my wings
Yes I will call this home
I have no time to justify to you
Fool you're blind, move aside for me
All I can say to you my new neighbor
Is you must move on or I will bury you
Now as I rest my feet by this fire
Those hands once warmed here
I have retired them
I can breathe my own air
I can sleep more soundly
Upon these poor souls
I'll build heaven and call it home
❸ "Mister Big Time" - Jon Bon Jovi
I'm getting ready for the big time
Someday I'm going to be in big time news
Ain't going to waste it when I'm big time
I'll be ready for it, bing, bang, boom
I can taste it, I'll be prime time
Someday I'm going to be in big time news
Don't have to take it when you're big time
Someday you'll call me Mr. Big Time too
❹ "Handlebars" - The Flowbots
I can do anything with no assistance
'Cause I can lead a nation with a microphone
With a microphone
With a microphone
And I can split the atom of a molecule
Of a molecule
Of a molecule
Look at me
Look at me
Driving and I won't stop
And it feels so good to be
Alive and on top
My reach is global
My tower secure
My cause is noble
My power is pure
I can hand out a million vaccinations
Or let'em all die in exasperation
Have'em all healed of their lacerations
Have'em all killed by assassination
I can make anybody go to prison
Just because I don't like'em and
I can do anything with no permission
I have it all under my command
Because I can guide a missile by satellite
By satellite
By satellite
And I can hit a target through a telescope
Through a telescope
Through a telescope
And I can end the planet in a holocaust
In a holocaust
In a holocaust
In a holocaust
In a holocaust
In a holocaust
I can ride my bike with no handlebars
No handlebars
No handlebars
❺ "Action" - Sweet
Do you want, do you want
Action, action, action, action
Gonna bring you down
'Cause you've been pushing me
You've got to recognize my superiority
Liar, liar, liar, liar
You know you believed it
Higher, higher, higher, higher
'Cause I'm the main man
And that's why
Everybody wants a piece of the action
Everybody needs a main attraction
I've got what everybody needs
Satisfaction guarantees
That everybody wants a piece of the action
❻ "Because I'm Awesome" - The Dollyrots
I’m a leader, I’m a winner, And I’m cleaner
Cause I’m awesome
I don’t need you cause I’m neato and I beat you
Cause I’m awesome
That’s right
They say I’m gifted, uh huh
Well I’m a certified prodigy
I’m gonna own you, uh huh
I’m gonna bring you to your knees
❼ "The Greatest Man that Ever Lived" - Weezer
I can take on anybody
I can do my thing
I don’t want to hurt nobody
But a bee has got to sting
I’mma fix it if you mix it up, hoo hoo
Talk smack and I’m-a-gonna shut you up, hoo hoo
I am the greatest man that ever lived
I was born to give
I am the greatest man that ever lived
Oh radioactive
❽ "Sixteen Military Wives" - The Decemberists
Because America can, and America can't say no
And America does, if America says it's so
It's so!
❾ "Counting Down the Hours" - Pharmacists & Ted Leo
And oh, precautions, yes precautions
But if you're playing with a gun, you could kill someone
And in the dark it's hard to know a friend
But I'm not angry, I won't be forever angry
As I'm walking toward tomorrow with a rifle in my hand
And I'm thinking about New England, and I'm missing Old Japan
And a mountain in California where a spring runs hot and cold
And if I told you I felt ageless, would you tell me I'm not old?
❿ "Don't Stop Me Now" - Queen
Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time
I feel alive and the world it's turning inside out Yeah!
I'm floating around in ecstasy
So don't stop me now don't stop me
'Cause I'm having a good time having a good time
I'm a shooting star leaping through the skies
Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity
I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva
I'm gonna go go go
There's no stopping me
I'm burning through the skies
Two hundred degrees
That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I'm trav'ling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic man of you
Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time
I'm having a ball don't stop me now
If you wanna have a good time just give me a call
Don't stop me now ('Cause I'm having a good time)
Don't stop me now (Yes I'm having a good time)
I don't want to stop at all
⓫ "Helicopter" - Bloc Party
North to south
Empty
Running on
Bravado
As if to say, as if to say
As if to say, he doesn't like chocolate
He's born a liar, he'll die a liar
Some things will never be different
Stop being so American
There's a time and there's a place
So James Dean
So blue jeans
Gonna save the world
He's gonna
⓬ "Heart of Courage" - Two Steps From Hell
instrumental
ZIP @ MEDIAFIRE
If anyone else is having trouble with 16 Military Wives, I've uploaded it here.