Reading in the USA - Music Video

Lyrics:
Two (Illinois) North Elementary School teachers rewrote the lyrics to the popular Miley Cyrus song "Party in the USA" for a school-wide video project aimed at encouraging reading. About 700 students took part in the entire process.

"Reading in the USA" by Mike Moylan and Jim Pomis

Lyrics:

Verse 1:
I made time to stop in the LMC 'cause I wanted to read a book.
Fiction and non-fiction all on hand, gee, which to give a look.
Every kind of genre is located right here; every author that I know is so near!
All these choices seem crazy! Look around -- there's so many!

I find a book that's "just right" for me. Head outside for some reading
I look around and then I noticed it; everybody's got a book to read
everybody's got a book to read
everybody's got a book to read

Chorus:
Got my book out; An author I like; the world just melts away
Reading alone, oh yeah
Laughing out loud, oh yeah

Got my book out; I'm reading for fun, laughing out loud again
(long) Yeeaah-ah-a-a-a-ah, we're Reading in the USA
(long) Yeeaah-ah-a-a-a-ah, we're Reading in the USA

Verse 2:
Mystery rocks with Sammy Keyes; she finds the clues and solves the crime.
In fantasy like the Lightning Thief, Percy finds the bolt in time
So fun with picture books around me; The Web Files certainly is funny
Then there's Children of the Dust Bowl, where families play a big role.
Poetry and comedy, fairy and folk tales, so many genres to choose from.

I look around and then I noticed it; everybody's got a book to read
everybody's got a book to read
everybody's got a book to read

Chorus:
Got my book out; An author I like; the world just melts away
Reading alone, oh yeah
Laughing out loud, oh yeah

Got my book out; I'm reading for fun, laughing out loud again
(long) Yeeaah-ah-a-a-a-ah, we're Reading in the USA
(long) Yeeaah-ah-a-a-a-ah, we're Reading in the USA

Feeling like this book is right, book is right
I could read it all tonight, all tonight.
I seem to lose all track of time, track of time
The author pulls me in and I feel alright!


Sung to the tune of Miley Cyrus' "Party in the USA."