# Good country music songs named after cities or states **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [February 5, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233 "2021-02-05T03:37:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/41 "2021-02-09T04:09:20Z")
Baja Oklahoma, by Willie Nelson & Lesley Ann Warren [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eQOmXma6bTI/hqdefault.jpg "Baja Oklahoma - Lesley Ann Warren - Willie Nelson") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQOmXma6bTI) ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/42 "2021-02-09T04:32:02Z")
If you will allow Bruce Springsteen’s Westen Stars album as Country then Tuscon Train is a pretty good number. Somewhere North of Nashville less good but its got a city name in it. I wouldn’t say I am a Springsteen fan but I really liked that album. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/43 "2021-02-09T04:34:51Z")
Steve Earle - San Antonio Girl ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/44 "2021-02-16T20:15:09Z")
“LA Freeway” by Guy Clark ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/45 "2021-02-16T20:20:08Z")
My all-time favorite: **Benson, Arizona!** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xs-jXgNHW7Y/maxresdefault.jpg "Dark Star - Benson Arizona") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs-jXgNHW7Y) ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/46 "2021-02-16T20:31:14Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LWVdKv4-CEg/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgWihOMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBH3VGQhLe9ihx_myU47Ak-AUNPng "David Frizzell & Shelly West: You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWVdKv4-CEg) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/47 "2021-02-16T20:41:55Z")
Dallas by Joe Ely is a favorite of mine…All the YouTube versions seem to be live, but if you have a streaming service give it a try from the album version. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/48 "2021-02-16T21:08:04Z")
Are we including alt-country? Old 97s - “A State of Texas” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ztHPIWkpvIs/hqdefault.jpg "A State of Texas-Old 97's") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztHPIWkpvIs) ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/49 "2021-02-16T21:14:28Z")
For certain values of “good”, there’s always “Tulsa Time” by Don Williams. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6MbPWzIFUk) ---
**Author:** ![Edward2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce7236/32.png) [@Edward2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward2)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/50 "2022-06-30T00:59:37Z")
I’ve read several posts about the song The night the lights went out in Georgia, My only question was is any part of the lyrics taken from a real event? Everybody seems to have torn the lyrics apart and changed them for their own reasons. It is my opinion but Prison guards (Candletop) made have to stay at the facility for 2 wks and then come home. How someone decided it was a prison I don’t know. I know the lyrics have been scrutinized over the years but I would like to know where Bobby Russell got the words to create the characters. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/51 "2022-06-30T02:39:49Z")
**Tennessee Waltz** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YbuyCIbfeM0/maxresdefault.jpg "Tennessee Waltz (Instrumental)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbuyCIbfeM0) **Rainy Night in Georgia** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/X7VsQwVSqXw/maxresdefault.jpg "Rainy Night in Georgia") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7VsQwVSqXw) **Ashokan Farewell** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uZmxZThb084/maxresdefault.jpg ""The Civil War" Soundtrack - Ashokan Farewell") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZmxZThb084) ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/52 "2022-06-30T17:59:54Z")
Tucumcari by Jimmie Rodgers Springtime in Alaska by Johnny Horton Seattle by Bobby Sherman ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/53 "2022-06-30T18:11:53Z")
**North to Alaska** by Johnny Horton [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BLONWy46gIE/maxresdefault.jpg "Johnny Horton - North to Alaska (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLONWy46gIE) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/54 "2022-06-30T18:27:30Z")
There’s no indication that it was inspired by any real incident. > **[The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_the_Lights_Went_Out_in_Georgia)** > > "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" is a Southern Gothic murder ballad, written in 1972 by songwriter Bobby Russell and first recorded by his then wife, singer, comedian, and actress Vicki Lawrence. Lawrence's version, from her 1973 album of the same name, went to number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 main chart after its release. Of several cover versions, the one recorded by Reba McEntire for her 1991 album For My Broken Heart peaked at number 12 on the Hot Country Songs chart. > The u... ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/55 "2022-06-30T20:49:42Z")
**All my exes live in Texas** by George Strait 🎶 and that’s why I hang my hat in Tennessee 🎶 ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233/56 "2022-06-30T21:33:05Z")
[I’ve Been to Georgia On a Fast Train](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjU3-bGj9b4AhUDM1kFHdXPC6gQyCl6BAgXEAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DUvpuWk5kwpQ&usg=AOvVaw2UqjBU-R35LeOmJNU5d6Ri) by Billy Joe Shaver [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233.md?page=2)