"Parties in the U.S.A." by Jonathan Richman

Eternal summer anthem + words to live by: we need more parties!

"So people are staying home more, not having fun
A cold cold era has begun, has begun
Now things were bad before, there was lots of loneliness
But in 1965 things were not like this

When we had Hang on Sloopy, Sloopy hang on
Oh, Oh, Yeah, And pa-pa-pa-pa Lupe Lou
Shake it shake it shake it, Lupe. Alright

Well could there be block parties of which I know not?
Wild beach parties around some open flame?
I know there's got to be parties, I bet there's a lot
But the USA has changed somehow that I can't name ..."