SONG TITLES and SONGS about DISTANCES & TRAVEL

[LookOverYonder]

I'll try to get this topic started with these song titles about DISTANCES/TRAVELING   ...........

*Travelin' Man     Ricky Nelson   which made it to #1 in 1961

*I Ran (So Far Away)     Flock of Seagulls

For a different approach, songs about  DISTANCES/TRAVELING...........

*Walk Away Renee'     The Left Banke

*Ferry Across The Mersey     Gerry & The Pacemakers

Uh, I am sorry if I led off with songs which you may have wanted to post here. How about this....wait a while and then post it....or post it now ! You see, repetition is OKAY

Please understand, there's lots of freedom and latitude with this topic. Be creative....let's have plenty of laughs and plenty of wows like:  "Wow, I wish I had thought of that one!!" "Wow, that's a good one!!

[m814261n]

Day Tripper - The Beatles

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              Marching Into The Dark        John Legend

[m814261n]

Long Ago And Far Away - Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest

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              Running With The Night         Lionel Richie

[m814261n]

Back In The U.S.S.R. - The Beatles

[sw97871874]

COME FLY AWAY WITH ME.            NORAH JONES.                                MARRAKESH EXPRESS.                   FREE BIRD.                                        PROUD MARY  CCR.                         MIDNIGHT RIDER ALLMAN BROTHERS 

[sw97871874]

ME AND BOBBY MCGEE, waiting to thumb a diesel down 

[greene2120]

Me and Bobby McGhee - Janis Joplin.                                                   FREE BIRD - Skynerd                     Space Oddity - The late Great David Bowie

[dl73698250]

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@greene2120 wrote:

Me and Bobby McGhee - Janis Joplin.                                                   FREE BIRD - Skynerd                     Space Oddity - The late Great David Bowie

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Oh yeah, that reminds me of White Bird by It's A Beautiful Day (White bird must fly).

[LookOverYonder]

Beyond the Sea      Bobby Darin   #6 in 1960

"Somewhere beyond the sea
She's there watchin' for me
If I could fly like birds on high then straight to her arms
I'd go sailin'

To dl73698250 ....... Oh Yeah, your remembrance of White Bird (BTW, great song!!) reminded me of this pop song by Bobby Darin. I don't know why, it simply entered my mind. Strange how my mind works, usually!  

[ashore]

Over hill, over dale, you can hear the caissons . . . . Army

Up we go into the wild blue yonder . . . . . AirForce

Anchors away, my boy, anchors away . . . . . Navy

somebody already added the Marine's  From the Hall of Montezuma

[dl73698250]

Savage Garden; To The Moon & Back

[sw97871874]

MAGIC CARPET RIDE

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              On The Road Again           Willie Nelson

[dl73698250]

Great Big Sea; Looking For A place To Land

Christie; Yellow River

T Rex; Ride A White Swan 1970

[dl73698250]

ATC (A Touch of Class); All Around The World

Peter Schilling; Major Tom

Donovan; Cosmic Wheels

Lobo; Me You And A Dog Named Boo (traveling & living off the land)

[mp8908]

            Midnight Drive           Mary J. Blige

[bill01534]

How about this for an eclectic collection:

*Eight Miles High (The Byrds)

*50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain (Ten Years After)

*Many Miles Traveled (B.B. King)

[j269186s]

Life In The Fast Lane/ Eagles

Roll With The Changes--REO Speedwagon

Anything by KC and the Sunshine Band----HAPPY music!!!

Get Out of My Dreams- Billy Ocean

Don't Mean Nothing-Richard Marx

Great STUCK in Traffic Jam-not moving song---

Lovetrain--O'Jays

You can't be mad when this song is on!!

Uptown Funk or 24 Carat Gold--Bruno Mars

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           Go Where You Wanna Go         The 5th Dimension

[sw97871874]

RUN ON FOR A LONG TIME  BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA.            MOON DREAMS  MILES DAVIS.     HOLD ON I'M COMIN  SAM& DAVE.                                                    LONESOME ROAD, MADELEINE PEYROUX

[Epster]

Kings of Leon  Closer

[sw97871874]

AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH  probably already been mentioned 

[sw97871874]

BORN TO BE WILD STEPPENWOLF.                                 ESCAPE  (THE PINA COLADA SONG) RUPERT HOLMES.                 IGY DONALD **bleep**EN FROM HIS NIGHTFLY CD. NINETY MINUTES FROM NEW YORK TO PARIS, UNDER SEA BY RAIL,GET YOUR TICKET TO THAT WHEEL IN SPACE 

[MaVolta]

California Here I Come - originally written for the Broadway musical Bombo (1921) starring Al Jolson

[MaVolta]

Oklahoma! - the first musical written by Rodgers and Hammerstein

[MaVolta]

One Toke Over the Line - Brewer & Shipley

[MaVolta]

Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor

[MaVolta]

I Can See for Miles - The Who

[zfam14]

Fantastic Voyage - Lakeside

Spread My Wings - Troop

Outta-Space - Billy Preston