The lyrics to the Bee Gees song, "And the lights all went out in Massachusetts," implies that everyone has left the Bay State for the west coast. The Bee Gees once said "Massachusetts" was written with The Seekers in mind, but the Gibb brothers decided to record it themselves.
The idea of the lights having gone out in Massachusetts was to suggest that everyone had gone to San Francisco.
THE NEW MASSACHUSETTS LIBERTY SONG, To the Tune of the British Grenadier. I. THAT Seat of Science Athens, and Earth's great Mistress Rome, Where now are all their Glories, we scarce can find their Tomb: Then guard your Rights, Americans! nor stoop to lawless Sway, Oppose, oppose, oppose, oppose,—my brave AMERICA.
The flag, seal, flower (mayflower), bird (black-capped chickadee), and tree (American elm) are some of the major state symbols of Massachusetts.
"All Hail to Massachusetts", with words and music by Arthur James Marsh, was made the official state song of Massachusetts on September 3, 1966, and codified by an act of the General Court in 1966.