Highways mentioned in songs

[nyratk1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHN-xag87Us - Farmers Blvd. (Our Anthem)by LL Cool J

[Takumi]

Fountains of Wayne have a song called "I-95" on their album Traffic And Weather

[CentralCAroadgeek]

In Train's "Save Me, San Francisco," they have a reference to CA-1.

It goes:
"Took the highway to the one, up the coast to catch some sun."

[Jordanah1]

"Ventura Highway" by America
"Black Denim Trousers" by The Cheers- mentions the terror of highway 101

[Henry]

From the Mamas and Papas' Creeque Alley:

When Cass was a sophomore, planned to go to Swathmore
But she changed her mind one day.
Standin' on the turnpike, thumb out to hitchhike,
"Take me to New York right away."
When Denny met Cass he gave her love bumps;
Called John and Zal and that was the Mugwumps.
McGuinn and McGuire couldn't get no higher
But that's what they were aimin' at.
And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass.

Opening verse to Frank Sinatra's My Way:

And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain.
My friend, I'll say it clear,
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain.

I've lived a life that's full.
I've traveled each and ev'ry highway;
But more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Chorus to Jim Corce's I Got A Name:

Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

The Long and Winding Road by The Beatles (off their Abbey Road album)

Opening verse to Bob Seger's Turn The Page as well as the chorus:

On a long and lonesome highway
East of Omaha
You can listen to the engine
Moanin' out his one note song
You can think about the woman
Or the girl you knew the night before
But your thoughts will soon be wandering
The way they always do
When you're ridin' sixteen hours
And there's nothin' much to do
And you don't feel much like ridin',
You just wish the trip was through

Here I am
On the road again
There I am
Up on the stage
Here I go
Playin' star again
There I go
Turn the page

Chorus to Judas Priest's Heading Out to the Highway:

So I'm heading out to the highway
I got nothing to lose at all
I'm gonna do it my way
Take a chance before I fall
A chance before I fall!

Well, if you want to get technical...

From the Eagles' Take it to the Limit:
"So put me on a highway, show me a sign, and take it to the limit one more time."

And from Steppenwolf's Born to Be Wild:
"Don't you want to run and head out on the highway? Looking for adventure, for whatever comes our way..."

[Takumi]

Five For Fighting's song "Above the Timberline" mentions I-405.

[golden eagle]

In Train's "Save Me, San Francisco," they have a reference to CA-1.

It goes:
"Took the highway to the one, up the coast to catch some sun."

Their newest CD is called California 37. I'm guessing this is a state highway.

[Scott5114]

In Train's "Save Me, San Francisco," they have a reference to CA-1.

It goes:
"Took the highway to the one, up the coast to catch some sun."

Their newest CD is called California 37. I'm guessing this is a state highway.

The cover has a CA-37 shield on it, so yes.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

In Train's "Save Me, San Francisco," they have a reference to CA-1.

It goes:
"Took the highway to the one, up the coast to catch some sun."

Their newest CD is called California 37. I'm guessing this is a state highway.

The cover has a CA-37 shield on it, so yes.

The songs in it are pretty sweet as well, as I own the album on my iPod. The song "California 37" is pretty cool as well.

[hm insulators]

From the Mamas and Papas' Creeque Alley:

The Long and Winding Road by The Beatles (off their Abbey Road album)

And from Steppenwolf's Born to Be Wild:
"Don't you want to run and head out on the highway? Looking for adventure, for whatever comes our way..."

Actually, "The Long and Winding Road" is from Let it Be.

And the opening line from "Born to be Wild" is "Get your motor runnin'/Head out on the highway..."

One of my all-time favorites:

"It's a highway song/Singin' on and on/On and on
Highway song/Is as lonely/As the road I'm on"

"Highway Song" by Blackfoot.

"Highways and dance halls/A good song takes you far"

Jackson Browne

[blawp]

From Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'":

"All the vampires out in the valley
Move west down Ventura Boulevard..."

The same song makes reference to Mulholland Dr. as well.

"It's a long day, living in Reseda, there's a freeway, running through the yard..." That's gotta be the Ventura Freeway, or possibly the San Diego Freeway.

[Duke87]

In Train's "Save Me, San Francisco," they have a reference to CA-1.

It goes:
"Took the highway to the one, up the coast to catch some sun."

Their newest CD is called California 37. I'm guessing this is a state highway.

"Save Me, San Francisco", meanwhile, is not from that album. It's from their previous album called... drumroll... Save Me, San Francisco.

[the49erfan15]

There's "Interstate Love Song" by Stone Temple Pilots, but it doesn't feature any lyrics specifically about roads.

"I Left My Wallet In El Segundo" by A Tribe Called Quest is about a trip from NYC to California, "Drove down the Belt, got on the Conduit / Came to a toll, we paid and went through it" is the closest to actual road references.

"Seventy-nine coupe DeVille vertical Caddy grill / Interstate 65 headed down to Cashville"
-Nappy Roots, "Awnaw"

The song "85" by Youngbloodz ft. Outkast features a few references to (you guessed it) Interstate 85.

"I know you waitin' for daddy, it won't be long shorty
Be patient cause I'm comin' to you
Ridin' dirty on 85, slow takin' it easy
I don't want nothin' to keep me from you"

"See I ain't playin' around, got half a tank of gas, I'm 85 southbound
It's a long a** way, I'm from the 20 side of things
She said it was dead serious hot, like some lighter flames"

"I got new shoes on the ride, rollin' down 95"
-Pretty Ricky, "Your Body"

[US81]

Nanci Griffith: "Gulf Coast Highway" and "Ford Econoline"....

[flowmotion]

New Jersey Turnpike
Riding on wet night
Beneath the refinery's glow
Out where the great black rivers flow
License, registration, I ain't got none
But I got a clear conscience about the things that I done

http://www.lyricsdepot.com/bruce-springsteen/state-trooper.html

[Laura]

Todd Rundgren - When the Shit Hits the Fan/Sunset Blvd:

Earthquake in new york city,
The chrysler building fell in my yard
But when the shit hits the fan,
I think I'll have to make my way
Back to sunset boulevard

The ira has just hit london,
They blew up half of scotland yard
But when the shit hits the fan,
I guess I'll try to make my way
Back to sunset boulevard

Cruisin' down a mountain highway,
Someone's cut the brakes on my car
But when the shit hits the fan,
I know I have to get my ass
Back to sunset boulevard


Death cab for Cutie: 405

I took the 405 and drilled a stake down into your center,
And stated that it's never ever been better than this.
I hung my favorite shirt on the floorboard, wrinkled up from pulling, pushing, and tasting, tasting...

You keep twisting the truth
That keeps me thrown askew.

Misguided by the 405 'cause it lead me to an alcoholic summer.
I missed the exit to you parents' house hours ago.
Red wine and the cigarettes: hide your bad habits underneath the patio, patio.

You keep twisting the truth
That keeps me thrown askew.

You keep twisting the truth

[Stephane Dumas]

No specific highway but this video using various roads pictures with the song "Carefree highway" by Gordon Lightfoot is very nice.

[kphoger]

John Mayer's song Why Georgia begins with these lines:

I am driving up 85 in the
Kind of morning that lasts all afternoon,
Just stuck inside the gloom.

Four more exits to my apartment, but
I am tempted to keep the car in Drive
And leave it all behind.

His career blossomed while he was living in Atlanta.  I-85.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

Just heard this on Pandora right now, 405 by Death Cab For Cutie. It probably refers to the Washington I-405 since the band is based in Bellingham.

[kphoger]

Train's recent hit number Drive By made the top ten in 13 countries.
You probably know it from the radio; but did you know it's on an album entitled California 37?

[Alps]

Just heard this on Pandora right now, 405 by Death Cab For Cutie. It probably refers to the Washington I-405 since the band is based in Bellingham.

The far better song entitled "405" is by Eve 6, and references the one everyone expects.

[cpzilliacus]

Michael Franks in "Under the Sun" wrote:

Snow in my shoes
Mid-Winter blues
Have got me down
(Just point me South...let's go now)
The clothes on my back
Are too Pasternak
From sole to crown
Where in the hell's the snowplow?
Down 95
We'll come alive
And by the time we get somewhere Near Savannah

[NE2]

[CentralCAroadgeek]

The song "Carry On" by Fun mentions being in "a bar off 75." What 75 they're referring to is beyond me. Considering that Fun in a NY band, I doubt that they're referring to I-75 or US-75, rather some state highway 75 in the Northeast.

[Alps]

The song "Carry On" by Fun mentions being in "a bar off 75." What 75 they're referring to is beyond me. Considering that Fun in a NY band, I doubt that they're referring to I-75 or US-75, rather some state highway 75 in the Northeast.

Probably is I-75 - could be a Florida, Cincinnati, etc. roadtrip or vacation they were on. There aren't really any notable 75s in the Northeast.