Carl Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 You know those songs where the singer is trapped in some good-for-nothing town or otherwise undesirable situation but then finds the strength to leave it all behind? We're starting a category for those - songs like "Born To Run" and "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place." What are some songs that fit this category? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 How about Fastball's 'The Way' or Lenny Kravitz's 'Fly Away'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 more an emotional 'getting away': Rearviewmirror ~ Pearl Jam I took a drive today time to emancipate I guess it was the beatings made me wise and how about Come Sail Away ~ Styx (or Eric Cartman ) Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry 'Bout Me) ~ OutKast (isn't on SF yet) People... Don't 'Chu Worry 'Bout Me Evil... Gone Get Worried 'Bout Me Well... I'm Gonna Choo-Choo Out Of This Lil' Town And... Soon As I Do It I'mma Get Down Come On Leaving New York ~ R.E.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 They don't come much better than "Gotta Getaway" by Stiff Little Fingers. You know there ain't no street like home To make you feel so all alone Plenty of folk to tell you what to do But they don't speak the same language as you [Chorus:] They wanna have me here, Have me and hold me near, Hold me down, fasten and tie, But the cars are all flashing me, Bright lights are passing me, I feel life passing me by. The fuss is buzzing in my head, My father argued and my mother begged, It's not their words ain't tugging at me, But gotta stretch them, break them, get myself free. [Chorus] Gotta gotta gettaway Gotta gotta gettaway I'm leaving home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 wouldn't I Will Survive also fit this theme? (well maybe it's more about 'staying away' ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 She's Leaving Home-Beatles Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds-Beatles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 (edited) Do You Know The Way To San Jose -Dionne Warwick Do you know the way to San Jose? I've been away so long. I may go wrong and lose my way. Do you know the way to San Jose? I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jose. L.A. is a great big freeway. Put a hundred down and buy a car. In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star Weeks turn into years. How quck they pass And all the stars that never were Are parking cars and pumping gas Do you know the way to San Jose? They've got a lot of space. There'll be a place where I can stay I was born and raised in San Jose I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jose. Fame and fortune is a magnet. It can pull you far away from home With a dream in your heart you're never alone. Dreams turn into dust and blow away And there you are without a friend You pack your car and ride away I've got lots of friends in San Jose Do you know the way to San Jose? Can't wait to get back to San Jose. Also: Against the Wind - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Christopher Cross - Sailing (Maybe) Take the Long Way Home - Supertramp Edited September 10, 2009 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Oh, and check out Sinatra's "Come Fly With Me" album. Come Fly With Me Let's Get Away From It All It's Nice To Go Trav'ling More about coming home...but great song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Going Up the Country ~ Canned Heat I'm going up the country, babe don't you wanna go I'm going up the country, babe don't you wanna go I'm going to some place where I've never been before I'm going, I'm going where the water tastes like wine Well I'm going where the water tastes like wine We can jump in the water, stay drunk all the time I'm gonna leave this city, got to get away I'm gonna leave this city, got to get away All this fussing and fighting, man, you know I sure can't stay Now baby, pack your leaving trunk, you know we've got to leave today Just exactly where we're going I cannot say, But we might even leave the USA 'Cause there's a brand new game that I want to play No use of you running, or screaming and crying 'Cause you've got a home as long as I've got mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 (edited) Carl, I think these fit the bill. Don't Think Twice, Its All Right- Bob Dylan Ramblin' - Marshall Tucker Band Time For Me To Fly - REO Speedwagon Already Gone - Eagles Ramblin' Fever - Merle Haggard Lyrics to Ramblin' Fever My hat don't hang on the same nail too long. My ears can't stand to hear the same old song. An' I don't leave the highway long enough, To bog down in the mud. 'Cos I've got ramblin' fever in my blood. Caught this ramblin' fever long ago, When I first heard a lonesome whistle blow. If someone said I ever gave a damn, Man, they damn sure told you wrong. I've had ramblin' fever all along. Ramblin' fever, The kind that can't be measured by degrees. Ramblin' fever, There ain't no kind of cure for my disease. There's times I'd like to bed down on a sofa, And let some pretty lady rub my back. And spend the early morning drinking coffee, Talkin' about when I'll be coming back. But I don't let no no woman tie me down, And I never get too old to get around. I wanna die along the highway and rot away, Like some old high-line pole, Rest this ramblin' fever in the soul. Ramblin' fever, The kind that can't be measured by degrees. Ramblin' fever, There ain't no kind of cure for my disease. Ramblin' fever. Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart The Wind - Cat Stevens Lyrics to The Wind I listen to the wind to the wind of my soul Where I'll end up well I think, only God really knows I've sat upon the setting sun But never, never never never I never wanted water once No, never, never, never I listen to my words but they fall far below I let my music take me where my heart wants to go I swam upon the devil's lake But never, never never never I'll never make the same mistake No, never, never, never Edited September 10, 2009 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Ambrosia - Runnin' Away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueAngel Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 "Black and White Town" - Doves "I got to get out of this satellite town" "I'm Bound To Pack It Up" - The White Stripes "Tuesday's Gone" - Lynyrd Skynyrd "Train roll on, many miles from my home. See, I'm riding my blues away. Tuesday, you see, she had to be free. But somehow, I've got to carry on." "Get Free" - The Vines "I'm gonna get free I'm gonna get free I'm gonna get free Ride into the sun She never loved me She never loved me She never loved me Why should anyone?" "Easy" - Faith No More (Commodores cover) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Going, Going, Gone Bob Dylan I've just reached a place Where the willow don't bend There's not much more to be said It's the top of the end I am going I am going I am gone. I am closing the book On the pages and the text And I don't really care Of what happens next I am just going I am going I am gone. I been hanging on threads I been playing it straight Now I've just got to cut loose Before it gets late So I am going I am going I am gone. Grandma said, "Boy, go and follow your heart And you'll be fine at the end of the line All that's gold doesn't shine Don't you and your own true love ever part" I been walking the road I been living on the edge Now I've just got to go Before I get to the ledge So I am going I am just going I am gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Inadiana Wants Me? Leaving This Town - Beach Boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Gotta Get Away - The Rolling Stones Gotta Get Away - The Offspring Gotta Get Away - The Blues Magoos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 [*] Gotta Get Away - The Rolling Stones I was going to post this one... Durham Town - Roger Whittaker By the time I get to Phoenix - Glen Campbell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Roll With It - Steve Miller Band Movin' On - Bad CompanyI'm A Lonesome Fugitive - Merle HaggardI'll Follow The Sun - The Beatles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Boat Drinks ~ Jimmy Buffett Boat drinks Boys in the band ordered boat drinks Visitors scored on the home rink Everything seems to be wrong Lately, newspaper mentioned cheap air fare I gotta to fly to Saint Somewhere I'm close to bodily harm Twenty degrees and the hockey game's on Nobody cares they are way too far gone Screamin' "boat drinks", something to keep 'em all warm This mornin', I shot six holes in my freezer I think I got cabin fever Somebody sound the alarm I'd like to go where the pace of life's slow Could you beam me somewhere Mr. Scott? Any ol' place here on Earth or in space You pick the century and I'll pick the spot Oh I know, (I know) I should be leaving this climate I got a verse but can't rhyme it I gotta go where it's warm Boat drinks Waitress I need two more boat drinks Then I'm headin' south 'fore my dream shrinks I gotta go where it's warm (I gotta go where it's warm) I gotta go where it's warm (I gotta go where it's warm) I gotta go where it's WARM! I gotta go where there ain't any snow Where there ain't any blow 'Cause my fin sinks so low I gotta go where it's warm What About Now ~ Lonestar The sign in the window said "for sale or trade" On the last remaining dinosaur Detroit made Seven hundred dollars was a heck of a deal For a four hundred horsepower jukebox on wheels And that road rolls out like a welcome mat I don't know where it goes but it beats where we're at We always said someday, somehow We were gonna get away, gonna blow this town What about now, how 'bout tonight Baby for once let's don't think twice Let's take that spin that never ends That we've been talking about What about now, why should we wait We can chase these dreams down the interstate And be long gone 'fore the world moves on and makes another round What about now We've been puttin' this off baby long enough Just give me the word, and we'll be kickin' up dust We both know it's just a matter of time 'Til our hearts start racin' for that county line What about now, how 'bout tonight Baby for once let's don't think twice Let's take that spin that never ends That we've been talking about What about now, why should we wait We can chase these dreams down the interstate And be long gone 'fore the world moves on and makes another round What about now We could hang around this town forever making plans But there won't ever be a better time to take this chance What about now, how 'bout tonight Baby for once let's don't think twice Let's take that spin that never ends That we've been talking about What about now, why should we wait We can chase these dreams down the interstate And be long gone 'fore the world moves on and makes another round What about now What about now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Toes Zac Brown Band I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand Life is good today. Life is good today. Well, the plane touched down just about 3 o’clock And the city’s still on my mind Bikinis and palm trees danced in my head I was still in the baggage line Concrete and cars are there own prison bars like this life I’m living in But the plane brought me farther. I’m surrounded by water And I’m not going back again I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand Life is good today. Life is good today. Adios and vaya con dios Yeah I’m leaving GA And if it weren’t for tequila and pretty senoritas I’d have no reason to stay Adios and vaya con dios Yeah I’m leaving GA Gonna lay in the hot sun and roll a big fat one And, and grab my guitar and play Four days flew by like a drunk Friday night as the summedrew to an end They can't believe that I just couldn’t leave And I bid adieu to my friends Cause my bartender she’s from the islands Her body’s been kissed by the sun And coconut replaces the smell of the bar and I don’t know if its her or the rum I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand Life is good today. Life is good today. Adios and vaya con dios A long way from GA Yes and all the muchachas they call me “big poppa†when I throw pesos their way Adios and vaya con dios A long way from GA Someone do me a favor and pour me some Jaeger And I’ll grab my guitar and play Adios and vaya con dios Going home now to stay The senoritas don’t care-o when there’s no dinero Yeah, I got no money to stay Adios and vaya con dios Going home now to stay Just gonna prop up by the lake Put my ass in a lawn chair, toes in the clay Not a worry in the world a PBR on the way Life is good today. Life is good today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Fast Car Tracy Chapman You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere Anyplace is better Starting from zero got nothing to lose Maybe we'll make something But me myself I got nothing to prove You got a fast car And I got a plan to get us out of here I been working at the convenience store Managed to save just a little bit of money We won't have to drive too far Just 'cross the border and into the city You and I can both get jobs And finally see what it means to be living You see my old man's got a problem He live with the bottle that's the way it is He says his body's too old for working I say his body's too young to look like his My mama went off and left him She wanted more from life than he could give I said somebody's got to take care of him So I quit school and that's what I did You got a fast car But is it fast enough so we can fly away We gotta make a decision We leave tonight or live and die this way I remember we were driving driving in your car The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I had a feeling that I belonged And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car And we go cruising to entertain ourselves You still ain't got a job And I work in a market as a checkout girl I know things will get better You'll find work and I'll get promoted We'll move out of the shelter Buy a big house and live in the suburbs You got a fast car And I got a job that pays all our bills You stay out drinking late at the bar See more of your friends than you do of your kids I'd always hoped for better Thought maybe together you and me would find it I got no plans I ain't going nowhere So take your fast car and keep on driving You got a fast car But is it fast enough so you can fly away You gotta make a decision You leave tonight or live and die this way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_M Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Styx - "On My Way" Pat Green - "Carry On" Jo Dee Messina - "Bye Bye" Julie Roberts - "Break Down Here" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mailman Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 "Highway song" by Blackfoot "Movin' on" by Missouri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 You know those songs where the singer is trapped in some good-for-nothing town or otherwise undesirable situation but then finds the strength to leave it all behind? We're starting a category for those - songs like "Born To Run" and "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place." What are some songs that fit this category? Yazoo's "Tuesday" Woman of thirty seeing the sun Packed up her suitcase started to run Looking for someone looking for none Pack up and drive away It was her birthday Tuesday morning Realisation gradually dawning A man in a grey suit whispered 'I'm calling' Pack up and drive away Woman of thirth, husband and kids Chained like a dog she had to rid No point in coping off came the lid Pack up and drive away Three thousand miles of honesty dreaming Perfect imagery is a gleaming No more shattered clouds were deeming Pack up and drive away In her heart it wasn't easy Mumbled words and feeling dizzy Reasons fight against excuses Mothers have their ways and uses Driving slower she was losing Dream was stirring only dozing Eyelids awaken to the daytime Just an illusion broken sunshine Woman of thirty there's no choice I can't help your helpless voice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otokichi Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 "Stone Walls" by Jim Croce It's been too many years inside this prison Too many years just for one little fight He got what was comin' And I think I served enough time I'm goin' home tonight That stone looks mighty cold And the guard that walks that wall Is just waitin' to get a convict in his sights But if I can clear the top You can bet I'll never stop Cause I'm goin' home tonight Chorus: Because stone walls do a prison Make iron bars a cage Any man who says they don't Never been inside Cause in time the bars get closer And at night the walls grow tighter Do you feel like there's a shackle around your mind? Now those guards are on my tail I can hear those sirens wail But I know that I'll get away and that I'll be alright Cause I'd rather live on the run Stand free in the morning sun Then to spend another lonely prison night Chorus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otokichi Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 "I Take My Chances" by Mary Chapin Carpenter and Don Schlitz I took a walk in the rain one day on the wrong side of the tracks I stood on the rails till I saw that train Just to see how my heart would react Now some people say that you shouldn't tempt fate And for them I would not disagree But I never learned nothing from playing it safe I say fate should not tempt me I take my chances, I don't mind working without a net I take my chances, I take my chances every chance I get I sat alone in the dark one night, tuning in by remote I found a preacher who spoke of the light but there was brimstone in his throat He'd show me the way according to him in return for my personal check I flipped my channel back to CNN and I lit another cigarette I take my chances, forgiveness doesn't come with a debt I take my chances, I take my chances every chance I get I've crossed lines of words and wire and both have cut me deep I've been frozen out and I've been on fire and the tears are mine to weep Now I can cry until I laugh and laugh until I cry So cut the deck right in half, I'll play from either side I take my chances, I pay my dollar and I place my bet I take my chances, I take my chances every chance I get I take my chances, I don't cling to remorse or regret I take my chances, I take my chances every chance I get I take my chances I take my chances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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