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!!

[l483260l]

WELL SAID; WHAT COUNTS NOW IS THAT SINCE WE NOW KNOW THE INFLUENCES & ORIGINS OF MANY OF THE ROCK & ROLL HITS( BEATLES, ET AL) WE RECOGNIZE AND CREDIT THE OLD BLACK BLUES TRADITIONS & ARTISTS FROM WHICH THE MUSIC CAME. (E.G. "HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN", "BACK DOOR MAN," MANY OTHERS. AND WHEN WE LOOK BACK TO THAT EARLY BLUES TRADITION, WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOSPEL/CHURCH MUSIC, & THE BLUES.

[ripvanwinkle96]

"How the Time Flys" * Jerry Wallace

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRj2YqjuY54&ab_channel=RockFur2

[l483260l]

"AIN'T IT FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY"- LYLE LOVETT & AL GREEN; WILLIE NELSON, ETC.

[MarybethG691589]

Been On The Road To Long : Bread 

[1968Hoya46]

VACATION: Connie Francis  (we'll hop in a jalopy to a drive-in movie).

[ripvanwinkle96]

{Have I got a Long way to} RUN * Collective Soul

Varsity Blues - 1999

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPu8SiwjtTg&ab_channel=RoyAndika

[1968Hoya46]

Burning Bridges Behind Me: Jack Scott (then I moved to a faraway city, trying hard to forget about you).

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Run Run Runaway" * Jefferson Starship

Marty Balin composition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uQKQNXFl4c&ab_channel=MARDEEAGEN

[1968Hoya46]

Dock Of The Bay: Otis Redding (two thousand miles I roam just to make this dock my own).

[ripvanwinkle96]

"La Golandrina {the Swallow} * traditional Mexican folk farewell song.

Jerry Fielding {The Wild Bunch}

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btLGRkhInZs&ab_channel=WGONMusic

[1968Hoya46]

El Paso: Marty Robbins (he flees the West Texas town of El Paso for the badlands of New Mexico; he then returns to El Paso, which probably wasn't the best of decisions).

[ls1873]

El  Condor  Pasa                   Simon  &  Garfunkel

[l483260l]

"GRACELAND"- PAUL SIMON
"HOMEWARD BOUND"- SIMON & GARFUNKEL

[TheGent2U]

@1968Hoya46  Love "El Paso" - Have you ever heard "El Paso City" by Marty Robbins? It picks up right where "El Paso" leaves off. The singer is the exact same character. Which, given how "El Paso" ends for that character.....

https://youtu.be/8xvo_BBkIbg

[ripvanwinkle96]

"The High and the Mighty" * Dimitri Tiomkin

from the 1954 film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRSPERwoKmc&ab_channel=DimitriTiomkin-Topic

[1968Hoya46]

How High The Moon: Ella Fitzgerald

[1968Hoya46]

The Girl From Yesterday: Eagles

[l483260l]

"EIGHT MILES HIGH"- BYRDS

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Come Back and Stay this Time" * Paul Young

Distance makes the heart grow fonder.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjyL0HlQ9ow&ab_channel=LoganBRLyrics

[TheGent2U]

Stealing Cars - Bob Beland - A KROQ (Los Angeles) staple for a while, about traveling illegally.

https://youtu.be/H_qTBYLBhVc

[1968Hoya46]

On A Slow Boat To China: Bing Crosby; Peggy Lee; Platters; others.

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Baseball Furies {The Warriors} * Barry DeVorzan

Running thru Da Bronx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ERiZ6Kibpw&ab_channel=RurouniK95

[TheGent2U]

Two by John Denver:

Starwood in Aspen ("It's a long way from L. A. to Denver. It's a long time to hang in the sky.")

Take Me Home, Country Roads

[ripvanwinkle96]

"I'm In Love With My Car" * Mike Ness & Social Distortion

cruising thru Barstow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTZUYPJCLbM&t=19s&ab_channel=kickthecanstudio

[1968Hoya46]

Rocket 88: Jackie Brenston

[1968Hoya46]

Hot Rod Lincoln: Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen; others.

[MarybethG691589]

I Can't Drive 55 Sammy Hagar

[l483260l]

"OL' 55"&"BIG BLACK MARIAH"- TOM WAITS;"RIDERS ON THE STORM"-DOORS "MERCEDES BENZ"- JANIS JOPLIN;

[1968Hoya46]

Don't Think Twice, It's Alright: Dylan (I'm walkin' down that long lonely road babe).

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Down Argentine Way" * Carmen Miranda

movie featuring the Nicholas Bros.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCXWu7HfmXw&ab_channel=mittdawson