Rhode Island (i/ˌroʊd ˈaɪlɨnd/ or /rɵˈdaɪlɨnd/), officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States. Rhode Island is the smallest in area, the 8th least populous, but the 2nd most densely populated of the 50 United States. Rhode Island is bordered by Connecticut to the west and Massachusetts to the north and east, and it shares a water boundary with New York's Long Island to the southwest.
Rhode Island was the first of the 13 original colonies to declare independence from British rule, declaring itself independent on May 4, 1776, two months before any other state in the whole U.S. and the convention. The state was also the last to ratify the United States Constitution.
Rhode Island's official nickname is "The Ocean State", a reference to the state's geography, since Rhode Island has several large bays and inlets that amount to about 14% of its total area. Its land area is 1,045 square miles (2706 km2), but its total area is significantly larger.
Verse:
Every state has something, its rotary club can boast
Some product that the state produces the most of,
Rhode Island is little, but oh my, it has a product
anyone would buy.
Copper comes from Arizona
Peaches come from Georgia
Lobsters come from Maine
The wheat fields are the
sweet fields of Nebraska
And Kansas gets bonanzas from the grain
Ol' whiskey comes from ol' Kentucky
Ain't the country lucky?
New Jersey gives us glue
And you come from Rhode Island
And Rhode Island is famous for you
Cotton comes from Louisiana
Gophers from Montana
And spuds from Idaho
They plow land in the cow land of Missouri
Where most beef meant for
roast beef seems to grow
Grand canyons come from Colorado
Gold comes from Nevada
Divorces also do
And you come from Rhode Island
And little ol’ Rhode Island is famous for you
Pencils come from Pennsylvania
Vests from Vest Virginia
Tents from Tentassee
They know mink where they grow mink in Wyomink
A camp chair in New Hampchair - That's for me
Minnows come from Minnowsota
Coats come from Dakota But why
should you be blue?
For you - you come from Rhode Island
little ol' Rhode Island is famous for you
You come from Rhode Island,
ah don’t let ‘em ride Rhode Island
(M. Boxer, T. Delillo, M. Epstein, W. Gottlieb, G. Levine, B.
Rothschild, T. Weisbrot)
Woke up last night
3 A.M.
Noone around
Must've been a dream
Then I heard
A most familiar voice
In my head
I didn't have a choice
It said, "You better
Hit the road
Today,
Before it's too late
It doesn't matter what you need,
You just have to find me"
(Down to Rhode Island)
You don't have to call
(Down to Rhode Island)
You don't have to write
(Down to Rhode Island)
Noone has to know
(Down to Rhode Island)
I packed my bags
I got in my car
I took all the back roads
It wasn't very far
I crossed the border
To Rhode Island state
And just leave to to me
To just leave to to fate
I walked in the bar, it was
3 P.M.
When I walked in I saw
My old friend McBain
He said, "I'm so glad
You made it,
I guess it was
Just fate"
(Down to Rhode Island)
You don't have to call
(Down to Rhode Island)
You don't have to write
(Down to Rhode Island)
Noone has to know
(Down to Rhode Island)
Providence!...
(Down to Rhode Island)
You don't have to call
(Down to Rhode Island)
You don't have to write
(Down to Rhode Island)
Noone has to know
(Down to Rhode Island)
I wonder how that bike trips going
I wonder if the government knows he's hiding
It'd probably take a couple months
Florida's a long way from Rhode Island
I watch her rest her hands inside her lap
I try to focus hard as her eyes don't make the frame
I try to work up the courage to kiss the bottom half of her face
And Mora cut her hair in Baltimore right before I left
I watch her sitting by herself talking to herself,
Breathing calmly then try to catch her breath.
Casanova just can't turn the charm on
Or find any of the right vibrations
I know these women if he don't wanna do it
Then they are probably just gunna make him
You can never tell when their fucking around
Everything you're feeling is coming
Even though you never felt so alone
I could probably catch a ride to your house
And borrow a bike to get back home
She says you gotta promise not to break
No matter how far you are bent
She says I gotta shift my position and try to get comfortable again
We both choose the same tone mine was an alarm clock ringing from a cell phone
Mouth the words to me so we can keep things quiet
And I'll still know exactly what you mean.
And it is probably just my friends fucking around.
Yeah it is probably just my friends fucking around.
They never cut me any slack.