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!!

[MaVolta]

Sloop John B - The Kingston Trio (1958)

[mp8908]

            Trains And Boats And Planes            Dionne Warwick

[greene2120]

Crazy Train - Ozzie!!!         Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan!                          Five Man E/Band - Signs!

[TheGent2U]

Chilly Winds - The Kingston Trio; John Stewart (who wrote it while a member of the Trio).

Early Morning Rain - Gordon Lightfoot (and recorded by a load of people)

Lodi (Sorry, Lodi, California - actually a great town) - Creedence Clearwater Revival

[m814261n]

Old Folks At Home - Stephen Foster

[TheGent2U]

Running on Empty - Jackson Browne

Southbound Train, Goin' Down - Crosby & Nash; Mary Travers

[greene2120]

Down by The Seaside - Led Zep                                               No Quarter - Led Zeppelin

[r486175b]

5000 miles Johnny Gill

[vickiramos]

6 Days On The Road-Sawyer Brown, we play it every time we take a road trip

[greene2120]

Uneasy Rider - Chalies Daniels.         Wooly Swamp - Charlie Daniels

[LookOverYonder]

Riders On The Storm     The Doors

[LookOverYonder]

Somewhere Out There     by Fievel and Tanya

one of the cutest & most endearing songs ever, the theme from "An American Tail"

[LookOverYonder]

Boogaloo Down Broadway      The Fantastic Johnny C   #7 in 1967

[greene2120]

Kansas City - Wilbur Harrison.     

[grchildress]

The Letter - Box Tops

[LookOverYonder]

Wheels     Flying Burrito Brothers   1974

[m814261n]

The Purple People Eater - Sheb Woolley

[mp8908]

        Fifteen Miles Down River          Tom McRae

[greene2120]

Proud Mary - Ike/Tina Version or CCR 

[mp8908]

                Riding With The King         B.B. King

[greene2120]

Green River - CCR

[greene2120]

Where the Streets Have No Name. - U2

[MaVolta]

Will Ye Go Lassie Go (aka Wild Mountain Thyme) - Traditional Celtic folk song claimed by Scotland and Ireland; most Irish and Scottish singers and folk groups have a version of it. 

Recorded in the US by Joan Baez and Bob Dylan as Wild Mountain Thyme.

[MaVolta]

Caledonia - Dougie McLean (Scottish folk singer - songwriter) 

[Epster]

Skrillex and Diplo with Justin Bieber  Where Are U Now

[MaVolta]

Sweet Hitchhiker - CCR

[MaVolta]

Crossroads - Cream

[fragall]

It's a long way to Tipperary

[DED46]

Journey to the Center of the Mind - Amboy Dukes

[r416310b]

Leaving on a Jet Plane.  Hejira.  Refuge of the Roads. All I Want. Chattanooga Choo Choo. (The middle three songs are Joni Mitchell)