# Need songs about life on the road **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 24, 2009, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808 "2009-06-24T06:33:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808/21 "2009-06-24T14:38:17Z")
Another Kinks song: _ **Motorway** _ ---
**Author:** ![Floppy\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3bc359/32.png) [@Floppy\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floppy_Joe)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808/22 "2009-06-24T15:53:14Z")
C.W. McCall - “I’ve Trucked All Over This Land” ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808/23 "2009-06-24T16:50:45Z")
_2-4-6-8 Motorway_, Tom Robinson Band. _18 Miles to Memphis_, Stray Cats. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808/24 "2009-06-24T17:11:15Z")
“I’m a man of means by no means”, **King of the Road**. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808/25 "2009-06-24T17:13:57Z")
“I’ve Been Everywhere” - **Johnny Cash** ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808/26 "2009-06-24T17:17:48Z")
“Road Goes On Forever” (I like the rendition by The Highwaymen (Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson) but its originally sung by Robert Earl Keen Jr.) ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808/27 "2009-06-24T17:37:47Z")
Probably not what you’re looking for, but a song about being on the road by a one man band with guest vocals from another guy… [Styrofoam (ft. Ben Gibbard) - Couches in Alleys](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCFFFdzIy2s) There is also a version that Ben did with just him and an acoustic guitar. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808/28 "2009-06-24T17:40:45Z")
**Rock and Roll Band** by Boston. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808/29 "2009-06-24T17:52:29Z")
Jerry Reed’s Westbound and Eastbound songs from _Smokey and the Bandit_. There must be a bunch of TV themes that fit the bill; [here’s one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AsqKQptTdQ). ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808/30 "2009-06-24T17:57:41Z")
**Born to be Wild** by Steppenwolf **Born to Run** by Bruce Springsteen ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808/31 "2009-06-24T18:05:57Z")
**Radar Love** - Golden Earring **Promised Land** - Chuck Berry **The Ballad of John And Yoko** - The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808/32 "2009-06-24T18:14:32Z")
_Highway Song_ by Blackfoot. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808/33 "2009-06-24T18:44:59Z")
_Me and Bobby McGee_ – Kris Kristofferson _The Littlest Birds_ – The Be Good Tanyas _Northern Lights_ – Bruce Cockburn _Silver Wheels_ – Bruce Cockburn ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808/34 "2009-06-24T18:45:06Z")
_Such Great Heights_ by Postal Service is more or less about missing someone who’s out on the road: “When you are out there on the road for Several weeks of shows and when you scan The radio, I hope this song will guide you home” True, it may seem like a stretch… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808/35 "2009-06-24T18:47:31Z")
If you don’t mind something a little tongue-in-cheek, I would suggest _Theme Song_ by Too Much Joy. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808/36 "2009-06-24T19:03:43Z")
“Rock and Roll Stew” by Traffic “Axe Victim” by Be-Bop Deluxe “All the Way from Memphis” by Mott the Hoople (Mott the Hoople liked to do songs about the hardships of rock & roll… see also “Ballad of Mott the Hoople” and “Marionette”.) The Kinks did a whole album about being a rock & roll star – “Lola vs. Powerman & the Moneygoround”. It’s mostly not about being on the road, though. For something a little different… “Ladies of the Road” by King Crimson, but you might get some irate calls. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808/37 "2009-06-24T19:16:50Z")
Hit the Road Jack - The Stampeders Convoy - C. W. McCall ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808/38 "2009-06-24T19:25:10Z")
“This Traveling Around” - Lyle Lovett ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808/39 "2009-06-24T19:37:20Z")
“200 More Miles” - Cowboy Junkies “Cowboy Junkies Lament” - Cowboy Junkies (written by Townes Van Zandt) ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808/40 "2009-06-24T19:42:22Z")
“Windfall” - Son Volt from the Trace album. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-about-life-on-the-road/500808.md?page=3)