Looking for an expertly curated, super comprehensive selection of the all-time best songs about travel?
If so then this list of 100+ best songs about travel is DEFFO for you. I mean, not only have I been traveling the world for the past 15+ years but I also love music.
So, when I’m not traveling, you can find me rocking out to some of the best songs about travel on this list.
Yeah, you may or may not find me hardcore lip-synching to some of these best travel songs while I dance around my room like Elaine from Seinfeld.
Heck, I even listen to a lot of these sick beats when I’m on the road and jamming to my very own travel songs playlist.
Therefore, if you’re in need of a bit of musical inspiration then give this list of the best songs about travel a read.
Because whether you’re traveling to New York, San Francisco, or somewhere in between, you’re sure to find the top travel songs for you!
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1. Alaska by Maggie Rogers
“I was walking through icy streams
That took my breath away
Moving slowly through westward water
Over glacial plains
And I walked off you
And I walked off an old me
Oh me, oh my, I thought it was a dream
So it seemed”
2. Taj Mahal by Sam Roberts Band
“Sitting with you on the banks of the Ganges
Stealing a kiss on the streets of Bombay
Caressing your hair like the wind through the palm trees
I never dreamed that anyone could take you away
Keep on keep on keep on singing
Taj Mahal
I’m building a beautiful statue
To make sure that no one forgets you”
3. Carolina in My Mind by James Taylor
“In my mind I’m gone to Carolina
Can’t you see the sunshine?
Can’t you just feel the moonshine?
And, ain’t it just like a friend of mine
To hit me from behind?
Yes, I’m gone to Carolina in my mind”
4. New York State of Mind by Billy Joel
Some folks like to get away
Take a holiday from the neighborhood
Hop a flight to Miami Beach or to Hollywood
But I’m takin’ a Greyhound on the Hudson River line
I’m in a New York state of mind”
Pro Tip: Be sure to check out some of the other best songs about NYC. This is also just one of my personal picks for best travel songs since I’m from New York.
5. Hello Seattle by Owl City
“Hello Seattle, I am a manta ray
Deep beneath the blue waves
I’ll crawl the sandy bottom of Puget Sound
And construct my summer home”
6. Miles from Minnesota by The Lower 48
“Yes next year we’ll go traveling
Our escapades so baffling
Our sovereign love returning to the sea
We’ll be miles from Minnesota then
Writing letters we won’t send
For no words shall contain what will be
Well your sweet voice and my rough hands
When darkness prowls we will dance
Through bluffs and fields and orchards with the moon
Yes next year we will leave this place summer’s kiss is just a taste
Fall’s warm embrace is coming to us soon
Oh! We’ve got everywhere to go
You should sleep, I’ll see you in the morning”
7. God Blessed Texas by Little Texas
“God blessed Texas
With His own hand
Brought down angels from the promised land
Gave ’em a place where they could dance
If you want to see heaven, brother, here’s you chance
I’ve been sent to spread the message
God blessed Texas”
8. Graceland by Paul Simon
“The Mississippi Delta was shining
Like a National guitar
I am following the river
Down the highway
Through the cradle of the civil war
I’m going to Graceland”
9. Miles Away by The Maine
“I took a trip up the west coast
LAX to SFO
Was searching for a temp so low
And a summer high
The Sun swayed and set slow
Made waves with some friends I know
Got lost in the ebb and flow
Of the drifting tide
(And I)
I didn’t ever want to come down
From that west coast rush and summer high
And easy, peaceful sense of time”
10. I’m Shipping Up To Boston by Dropkick Murphys
“I’m a sailor peg
And I’ve lost my leg
Climbing up the top sails
I’ve lost my leg!
I’m shipping up to Boston, whoa
I’m shipping up to Boston, whoa
I’m shipping up to Boston, whoa
I’m shipping off to find my wooden leg”
11. Lovers in Japan by Coldplay
“Tonight, maybe we’re gonna run
Dreamin’ of the Osaka sun
Ohh, ohh, ohhh
Dreamin’ of when the morning comes”
12. Aux Champs-Élysées by Joe Dassin
“Aux Champs-Elysées, aux Champs-Elysées
Au soleil, sous la pluie, à midi ou à minuit
Il y a tout ce que vous voulez aux Champs-Elysées”
And in English:
“Champs-Elysees, Champs-Elysees
In the sun, in the rain, at noon or midnight
There is everything you want on the Champs-Elysées”
I’m Shipping Up To Boston – Dropkick Murphys
I’m a sailor peg
And I’ve lost my leg
Climbing up the top sails
I’ve lost my leg!
I’m shipping up to Boston, whoa
I’m shipping up to Boston, whoa
I’m shipping up to Boston, whoa
I’m shipping off to find my wooden leg”
13. Rock the Casbah by The Clash
“Sharif don’t like it
Rockin’ the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Sharif don’t like it
Rockin’ the Casbah
Rock the Casbah”
14. Brazil by Declan McKenna
“I wanna play the beautiful game while I’m in Brazil
‘Cause everybody plays the beautiful game while out in Brazil
‘Cause it’s all you’ve ever wanted, and it’s all that you want still
Don’t you wanna play the beautiful game out in Brazil?”
15. Surfin’ USA by The Beach Boys
“Haggerties and Swamies
Pacific Palisades
San Anofree and Sunset
Redondo Beach L. A.
All over La Jolla
At Waimea Bay
Everybody’s gone surfin’
Surfin’ U.S. A.”
16. California by Phantom Planet
“Hustlers grab your guns
Your shadow weighs a ton
Driving down the 101
California here we come
Right back where we started from
California, here we come.”
17. Mexico by James Taylor
“Way down here you need a reason to move
Feel a fool running your stateside games
Lose your load, leave your mind behind Baby Jane
Oh, Mexico
It sounds so simple I just got to go
The sun’s so hot I forgot to go home
Guess I’ll have to go now”
18. Beverly Hills by Weezer
“Beverly Hills
That’s where I want to be (gimme, gimme)
Livin’ in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Rollin’ like a celebrity (gimme, gimme)
Livin’ in Beverly Hills”
19. Barcelona by George Ezra
“Every time you have to go
Shut my eyes and you know
I’ll be lying right by your side
In Barcelona”
20. Rocky Road to Dublin by The Irish Descendants
Well in Dublin next arrived, I thought it’d be a pity
To be so soon deprived a view of that fine city
So then I took a stroll down among the quality
Me bundle it was stolen in a neat locality
Something crossed me mind, then I looked behind
No bundle could I find upon me stick a-wobblin’
Inquiring for the rogue, said me connaught brogue wasn’t much in vogue
On the rocky road to Dublin”
21. America by Simon & Garfunkel
“Cathy, I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
Michigan seems like a dream to me now
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
I’ve gone to look for America”
22. Walking in Memphis by Marc Cohn
“Saw the ghost of Elvis
On Union Avenue
Followed him up to the gates of Graceland
Then I watched him walk right through
Now security they did not see him
They just hovered ’round his tomb
But there’s a pretty little thing
Waiting for the King
Down in the Jungle Room
When I was walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel?”
23. Africa by Toto
“The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless, longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what’s right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
I seek to cure what’s deep inside, frightened of this thing that I’ve become
It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never have”
Pro Tip: Weezer also did a fantastic cover of this song in 2018 that you should DEFFO add to your list of best travel songs today.
24. Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) by Shakira
“Today’s your day
I feel it
You paved the way
Believe it
If you get down get up oh oh
When you get down get up eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
This time for Africa”
25. Marrakech Express by Crosby, Stills, & Nash
“Take the train from Casablanca going south
Blowing smoke rings from the corners of my my, my, my, my mouth
Colored cottons hang in air
Charming cobras in the square
Striped jellabas we can wear at home
Don’t you know we’re riding on the Marrakesh Express”
26. Blue Hawaii by Elvis Presley
“Come with me
While the moon is on the sea
The night is young
And so are we, so are we
Dreams come true
In blue Hawaii”
27. I’ve Been Everywhere by Johnny Cash
“I’ve been everywhere, man
I’ve been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I’ve breathed the mountain air, man
Travel, I’ve had my share, man
I’ve been everywhere
I’ve been to
Reno
Chicago
Fargo
Minnesota
Buffalo
Toronto
Winslow”
28. Rio by Netsky and featuring Macklemore
“It’s the “Rio” remix, you should see us
Swimming in the ocean like the pool is hella heated
Expedited Visa and I’m posted with my feet up
Parasailing over beaches, got my girl from Ipanema”
29. Back in the U.S.S.R. by The Beatles
“Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the West behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
That Georgia’s always on my mind
Aw come on!
Yeah I’m back in the U.S.S.R.
You don’t know how lucky you are boys
Back in the U.S.S.R.”
30. April in Paris by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
“I never knew the charm of spring
I never met it face to face
I never knew my heart could sing
I never missed a warm embrace
Till April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom
Holiday tables under the trees
April in Paris, this is a feeling”
31. Budapest by George Ezra
“My house in Budapest
My hidden treasure chest
Golden grand piano
My beautiful Castillo
You
You
I’d leave it all
My acres of a land
I have achieved
It may be hard for you to
Stop and believe
But for you
You
I’d Leave it all
Give me one good reason
Why I should never make a change
And baby if you hold me
Then all of this will go away.”
32. Viva Las Vegas by Elvis Presley
Bright light city gonna set my soul
Gonna set my soul on fire
Got a whole lot of money that’s ready to burn
So get those stakes up higher
There’s a thousand pretty women waitin’ out there
And they’re all livin’ devil may care
And I’m just the devil with love to spare
Viva Las Vegas, viva Las Vegas”
33. Vienna by Ultravox
“The music is weaving
Haunting notes, pizzicato strings
The rhythm is calling
Alone in the night as the daylight brings
A cool empty silence
The warmth of your hand and a cold grey sky
It fades to the distance
The image has gone only you and I
It means nothing to me
This means nothing to me
Oh, Vienna”
34. Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight & the Pips
“He’s leaving (leaving)
On that midnight train to Georgia (leaving on a midnight train)
Hmm, yeah
Said he’s going back (going back to find)
To a simpler place and time (and when he takes that ride)
Oh yes, he is (guess who’s gonna sit right by his side)”
35. Malibu by Miley Cyrus
“But here I am
Next to you
The sky is so blue
In Malibu
Next to you
In Malibu
Next to you”
36. New York Groove by Ace Frehley
“Many years since I was here
On the street I was passin’ my time away
To the left and to the right,
Buildings towering to the sky
It’s outta sight in the dead of night
Here I am, and in this city, with a fistful of dollars
And baby, you’d better believe
I’m back, back in the New York groove”
37. Road to Nowhere by the Talking Heads
“We’re on a road to nowhere
Come on inside
Takin’ that ride to nowhere
We’ll take that ride”
38. California Love by Tupac and Dr. Dre
“Say what you say, but give me that bomb beat from Dre
Let me serenade the streets of L.A
From Oakland to Sacktown
The Bay Area and back down
Cali is where they put they mack down give me love!
California, knows how to party
California, knows how to party
In the city of L.A.
In the city of good ol’ Watts
In the city, the city of Compton
We keep it rocking”
39. Renegades by X Ambassadors
“Run away-ay with me
Lost souls in revelry
Running wild and running free
Two kids, you and me
And I say
Hey, hey-hey-hey
Livin’ like we’re renegades
Hey-hey-hey
Hey-hey-hey
Livin’ like we’re renegades
Renegades
Renegades.”
Pro Tip: This is a fantastic song that is highly underrated IMHO. So, be sure to add it to your playlist filled with the best songs about travel.
40. Miami by Will Smith
“Party in the city where the heat is on
All night, on the beach till the break of dawn
‘Welcome to Miami’
‘Bienvenidos a Miami’
Bouncin’ in the club where the heat is on
All night, on the beach till the break of dawn
I’m goin to Miami
‘Welcome to Miami'”
41. The Wanderer by Dion DiMucci
“I’m the type of guy that likes to roam around
I’m never in one place I roam from town to town
And when I find myself a-fallin’ for some girl, yeah
I hop right into that car of mine and ride around the world
Yeah I’m the wanderer, yeah the wanderer
I roam around around around, let’s go”
42. Hotel California by The Eagles
“Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year (Any time of year)
You can find it here.”
43. Where the Streets Have No Name by U2
“Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
We’re still building then burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there, I go there with you
It’s all I can do.”
44. Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z and featuring Alicia Keys
“In New York (Ay, aha) (Uh, yeah)
Concrete jungle (Yeah) where dreams are made of
There’s nothing you can’t do (Yeah) (OK)
Now you’re in New York (Aha, aha, aha) (Uh, yeah)
These streets will make you feel brand-new (New)
Big lights will inspire you (Come on) (OK)
Let’s hear it for New York (You welcome, OG) (Uh)
New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)”
45. Around the World by Daft Punk
“Around the world, around the world
Around the world, around the world
Around the world, around the world
Around the world, around the world
Around the world, around the world
Around the world, around the world
Around the world, around the world
Around the world, around the world”
46. Down Under by Men at Work
“Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six foot four and full of muscle
I said, “Do you speak-a my language?”
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich
And he said:
I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder
You better run, you better take cover.”
47. Traveling On by The Decemberists
“Cause we’re traveling on
Sold for a song
We’re traveling on
And it won’t be long
‘Til we’re traveling on”
48. Hopeless Wanderer by Mumford & Sons
“But hold me fast, hold me fast
‘Cause I’m a hopeless wanderer
And hold me fast, hold me fast
‘Cause I’m a hopeless wanderer”
49. When I’m Gone (The Cups Song) by Anna Kendrick
“I’ve got my ticket for the long way ‘round
The one with the prettiest of views
It’s got mountains, it’s got rivers, it’s got sights to give you shivers
But it sure would be prettier with you
When I’m gone
When I’m gone
You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone
You’re gonna miss me by my walk
You’re gonna miss me by my talk, oh
You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone”
50. Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
“Someday girl I don’t know when
We’re gonna get to that place
Where we really wanna go
And we’ll walk in the sun
But till then tramps like us
Baby we were born to run”
51. Moon River by Audrey Hepburn
“Two drifters, off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after the same rainbow’s end, waitin’ ’round the bend
My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me”
52. Life is a Highway by Rascal Flatts
“Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you’re going my way
I wanna drive it all night long”
53. Kathmandu by Bob Seger
“I think I’m going to Katmandu
That’s really, really where I’m going to
If I ever get out of here
That’s what I’m gonna do
I know my plane is due
The one that’s going to Katmandu
Up to the mountain’s where I’m going to
If I ever get out of here
That’s what I’m gonna do
K-k-k-k-k-k Kathmandu”
54. The Passenger by Iggy Pop
“I am a passenger
And I ride and I ride
I ride through the city’s backside
I see the stars come out of the sky
Yeah, they’re bright in a hollow sky
You know it looks so good tonight
I am a passenger
I stay under glass
I look through my window so bright
I see the stars come out tonight
I see the bright and hollow sky
Over the city’s ripped-back sky
And everything looks good tonight”
55. Havana by Camila Cabello
“Havana, ooh na-na
Half of my heart is in Havana, ooh na-na
He took me back to East Atlanta, na-na-na, ah
Oh, but my heart is in Havana”
56. Fast Car by Tracy Chapman
“You got a fast car
Is it fast enough so we can fly away?
We gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way”
57. Paris by The Chainsmokers
“We were staying in Paris
To get away from your parents
You look so proud
Standing there with a frown and a cigarette
Posting pictures of yourself on the internet”
58. Hotel Walls by Smith & Thell
“So I stand back and I watch us fall
As we break everything inside these hotel walls
Life’s for rent and it called us out
So I hand back the key as the door man bows”
Pro Tip: This is a really great Swedish band and you should listen to some of their other best travel songs too, like Forgive Me, Friend.
59. Vacation by The Go-Go’s
“Vacation
All I ever wanted
Vacation
Had to get away
Vacation
Meant to be spent alone”
60. On Top of the World by Imagine Dragons
‘Cause I’m on top of the world, ‘ey
I’m on top of the world, ‘ey
Waiting on this for a while now
Paying my dues to the dirt
I’ve been waiting to smile, ‘ey
Been holding it in for a while, ‘ey
Take it with me if I can
Been dreaming of this since a child
I’m on top of the world”
61. No Sleep Till Brooklyn by The Beastie Boys
“No sleep ’till
No sleep ’till Brooklyn
No sleep till Brooklyn”
62. Barcelona by Ed Sheeran
“And you and I we’re flying on an airplane tonight
We’re going somewhere where the sun is shining bright
Just close your eyes
And let’s pretend we’re dancing in the street
In Barcelona
Barcelona”
63. Homeward Bound by Simon & Garfunkel
“Every day’s an endless stream
Of cigarettes and magazines
And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories
And every stranger’s face I see reminds me that I long to be
Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home where my thought’s escaping
Home where my music’s playing
Home where my love lies waiting
Silently for me”
64. Tennessee by Arrested Development
“They tell me my ears are so young
Go back, from whence you came
My family tree, my family name
For some strange reason it had to be
He guided me to Tennessee
Take me to another place, take me to another land
Make me forget all that hurts me, let me understand your plan”
65. In America by Neil Diamond
“Everywhere around the world
They’re coming to America
Every time that flag’s unfurled
They’re coming to America
Got a dream to take them there
They’re coming to America
Got a dream they’ve come to share
They’re coming to America”
66. No Roots by Alice Merton
“I like standing still, but that’s just a wishful plan
Ask me where I come from, I’ll say a different land
But I’ve got memories and travel like gypsies in the night
I count gates and numbers, then play the guessing game
It’s just the place that changes, the rest is still the same
But I’ve got memories and travel like gypsies in the night
And a thousand times I’ve seen this road
A thousand times
I’ve got no roots, but my home was never on the ground”
67. California Dreamin’ by the Mamas and the Papas
“All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown)
And the sky is gray (and the sky is gray)
I’ve been for a walk (I’ve been for a walk)
On a winter’s day (on a winter’s day)
I’d be safe and warm (I’d be safe and warm)
If I was in L.A. (if I was in L.A.)
California dreamin’ (California dreamin’)
On such a winter’s day”
68. Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus
“I hopped off the plane at LAX
With a dream and my cardigan
Welcome to the land of fame excess (Whoa)
Am I gonna fit in?
Jumped in the cab, here I am for the first time
Look to my right, and I see the Hollywood sign
This is all so crazy
Everybody seems so famous
My tummy’s turnin’ and I’m feelin’ kinda homesick
Too much pressure and I’m nervous
That’s when the taxi man turned on the radio
And a JAY-Z song was on
And a JAY-Z song was on
And a JAY-Z song was on
So I put my hands up
They’re playin’ my song, the butterflies fly away
I’m noddin’ my head like, “Yeah”
Movin’ my hips like, “Yeah”
Got my hands up, they’re playing my song
You know I’m gonna be okay
Yeah, it’s a party in the U.S.A.
Yeah, it’s a party in the U.S.A.”
69. Galway Girl by Ed Sheeran
“You know, she played the fiddle in an Irish band
But she fell in love with an Englishman
Kissed her on the neck and then I took her by the hand
Said, “Baby, I just wanna dance”
With my pretty little Galway girl
You’re my pretty little Galway girl”
70. Fly Away by Lenny Kravitz
I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah, yeah, yeah”
71. Kokomo by The Beach Boys
“Aruba, Jamaica, ooh, I want to take you to
Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego, baby, why don’t we go?
Ooh, I want to take you down to Kokomo
We’ll get there fast and then we’ll take it slow
That’s where we want to go, way down in Kokomo”
72. Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett
“Wastin’ away again in Margaritaville
Searchin’ for my lost shaker of salt
Salt, salt, salt
Some people claim that there’s a woman to blame
I agree with that
And I know it’s all you women’s fault”
73. Have Love Will Travel by The Sonics
Yeah, I travel from Maine to Mexico
Just to find a little girl that loves me so
No matter when, no matter where I’ll be
I’m looking for a woman that’ll satisfy me
Have love
Whoa, baby, will travel
I said, yeah, yeah, have love
Woah, baby, will travel
I said, if you need loving then
Mm, hmm, I’ll travel
Woah!”
74. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
“I fell in love again
All things go, all things go
Drove to Chicago
All things know, all things know”
75. One Night in Bangkok by Murray Head
“One night in Bangkok and the world’s your oyster
The bars are temples but the pearls ain’t free
You’ll find a god in every golden cloister
A little flesh, a little history
I can feel an angel sliding up to me”
76. Leaving on a Jetplane by John Denver
“So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you’ll wait for me
Hold me like you’ll never let me go
‘Cause I’m leavin’ on a jet plane
Don’t know when I’ll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go”
77. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) by The Proclaimers
“But I would roll 500 miles
And I would roll 500 more
Just to be the man who roles a thousand miles
To fall down at your door”
78. Ramblin’ Man by The Allman Brothers Band
“I’m on my way to New Orleans this mornin’
I’m leavin’ out of Nashville, Tennessee
They’re always having a good time down on the bayou
Lord, them Delta women think the world of me
Lord, I was born a ramblin’ man
Tryin’ to make a livin’ and doin’ the best I can
And when it’s time for leavin’
I hope you’ll understand
That I was born a ramblin’ man”
79. Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by They Might Be Giants
“Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you’ve a date in Constantinople
She’ll be waiting in Istanbul
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can’t say
People just liked it better that way”
80. Vertigo by FM Belfast
“We are going far away
We are going far away
We are going far away
From Utah
Don’t you look down
Don’t you look down
You are high above ground
We are driving with our friends
We are driving to a faraway place”
81. Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd
“Sweet home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet home Alabama
Lord, I’m comin’ home to you”
82. On the Road Again by Willie Nelson
“On the road again
Like a band of gypsies, we go down the highway
We’re the best of friends
Insisting that the world keep turning our way
And our way
Is on the road again”
83. Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf
“Born to be wild
Born to be wild
Get your motor runnin’
Head out on the highway
Looking for adventure
In whatever comes our way”
84. Roam by The B-52’s
“Roam if you want to
Roam around the world
Roam if you want to
Without wings, without wheels
Roam if you want to
Roam around the world
Roam if you want to
Without anything but the love we feel”
85. Send Me on My Way by Rusted Root
Well, I would like to hold my little hand
And we will run, we will, we will crawl, we will
I would like to hold my little hand
And we will run, we will, we will crawl
Send me on my way (on my way)”
86. Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver
“Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads”
87. San Francisco by Scott McKenzie
“If you’re going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you’re going to San Francisco
You’re gonna meet some gentle people there.”
88. London Calling by The Clash
“The ice age is coming, the sun is zooming in
Engines stop running, the wheat is growin’ thin
A nuclear era, but I have no fear
‘Cause London is drowning, and I, I live by the river”
89. Wonderwall by Oasis (Popular amongst guitar players in hostels the world over)
“And all the roads we have to walk are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I would like to say to you, but I don’t know how
Because maybe
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
And after all
You’re my wonderwall”
Random Aside: Honestly, if you haven’t heard someone play this pick for one of the best travel songs on their guitar in a hostel, have you really traveled? And the correct answer is, probably not!
90. Come Fly With Me by Frank Sinatra
“Come fly with me, let’s fly, let’s fly away
If you can use some exotic booze
There’s a bar in far Bombay
Come fly with me, let’s fly, let’s fly away.”
91. Truckin’ by the Grateful Dead
“Truckin’, like the do-dah man
Once told me, ‘You’ve got to play your hand’
Sometimes the cards ain’t worth a dime
If you don’t lay ’em down.”
92. What We Live For by American Authors
“We’re taking off, woo
We’re taking off, woo
This is what I live for
Baby, you’re my open road.”
93. Holiday by Madonna
“If we took a holiday
Took some time to celebrate
Just one day out of life
It would be, it would be so nice.”
94. Gravity by Cold Play
“Baby
It’s been a long time coming
Such a long, long time
And I can’t stop running
Such a long, long time
Can you hear my heart beating?
Can you hear that sound?
‘Cause I can’t help thinking
And I won’t stop now“
95. Leaving Las Vegas by Cheryl Crow
“I’m leaving Las Vegas
Lights so bright, palm sweat, blackjack on a Saturday night
Leaving Las Vegas
Leaving for good, for good
I’m leaving for good
I’m leaving for good”
96. Free by Donovan Frankenreiter
“Here comes corner winds and the changin’ tide
We better drop them sails and get inside
When will the weather ever let us go
I guess we’ll have to wait until the trade winds blow”
97. Come Away with Me by Norah Jones
“Come away with me and we’ll kiss
On a mountain top
Come away with me
And I’ll never stop lovin’ you”
98. American Boy by Estelle and featuring Kanye West
“Take me on a trip, I’d like to go some day
Take me to New York, I’d love to see LA
I really want to come kick it with you
You’ll be my American boy.”
99. Destination Calabria by Alex Gaudino featuring Crystal Waters
“I left my job, my boss, my car and my home
I’m leaving for a destination I still don’t know”
100. Toes by the 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”
101. Last Train Home by John Mayer
“I’m on the last train runnin’
I’m on the last train runnin’
And I surrender
And I surrender”
102. Two Tickets To Paradise by Eddie Money
“I’m gonna take you on a trip so far from here,
I’ve got two tickets in my pocket, now baby, we’re gonna disappear.
We’ve waited so long, waited so long.
We’ve waited so long, waited so long.“
103. Do You Want to See the World by the Kooks
“Do you want to see the world?
In a different way, yeah”
104. A Million Miles Away by David Byrne
“Oh oh
A million miles away from here”
105. Space Oddity by David Bowie
“This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I’m stepping through the door
And I’m floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there’s nothing I can do”
