Traveling Song Game

As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti

Africa  --  Toto


Friendly strangers came to town
All the people put them down
But the women loved their ways
Come again some other day
Like the gentle rain
Like the gentle rain that falls       

L'America - The Doors

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

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

Mexico - JT

Work the fields on weekdays,
Have a picnic every labor day.
Go to town on a Friday,
Be in church on a Sunday.

Nutbush City Limits - Bob Seger

Well I've never been to Heaven
But I've been to Oklahoma

Well I've never been to Heaven
But I've been to Oklahoma

Never Been To Spain  --  Elvis Presley   Originally written and recorded by Hoyt Axton and also a hit for Three Dog Night


In Portsmouth town on the eastern shore
Where many a fine ship was born  

In Portsmouth town on the eastern shore
Where many a fine ship was born

THE THRESHER - PHIL OCHS    From his debut album. I watched a very good documentary PHIL OCHS: THERE BUT FOR FORTUNE, that can be streamed from Netflix, several months ago. And I really have to thank CLEAN for bringing him to my attention a couple of years ago. His main period of fame just slightly predates when I first became aware of singer/songwriter types.

NEXT LYRICS:  Despite the fact that I seem to be aphabetically challengened when it comes to what letter follows "H," I somehow seem to draw the "Q" on a pretty consistant basis. Since QUEBEC is too obvious and there aren't many other choices for Q locations, I'm going to submit a song by a band that starts with Q but is titled with a location. This is a rather strange song but represents the acheivement of a lifelong dream of sorts by the singer/principal songwriter of this band.


I had this perfect dream
-Un sueño me envolvió
This dream was me and you
-Tal vez estás aquí
I want all the world to see
-Un instinto me guiaba
A miracle sensation
My guide and inspiration
Now my dream is slowly coming true

The wind is a gentle breeze
-Él me hablo de ti
The bells are ringing out
-El canto vuela
They're calling us together
Guiding us forever
Wish my dream would never go away

Barcelona - Queen

Going to the stage for this one and if you listen to the full version, you'll notice that the HH character is really rapping.

Right here in River City
With a Capital "T" that rhymes with "P" that stands for pool

Right here in River City
With a Capital "T" that rhymes with "P" that stands for pool

Ya Got Trouble - The Music Man

You're right, clean.
Harold really DOES rap in that song!

Fans,
Tough luck always getting stuck with that "Q".
You know we are doing that on purpose to you, don't you?
Meanwhile I am stuck with the "S" where I only have about a million choices.

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

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

Do You Know The Way To San Jose  --  Burt Bacharach


Won't you scratch my itch sweet Annie Rich
And welcome me back to town
Come out on your porch or I'll step into your parlor
And I'll show you how it all went down

Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angels
And a good saloon in every town

Oh, and I remember something you once told me
And I'll be damned if it did not come true
Twenty thousand roads I went down, down, down
And they all led me straight back home to you

'Cause I headed west to grow up with the country
Across those prairies with those waves of grain
And I saw my devil, 
And I saw my deep blue sea
And I thought about a calico bonnet 
From Cheyenne to Tennessee                     

Return of the Grievous Angel - Lucinda Williams

I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations 

I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations 

Summertime Blues  --  Eddie Cochran


And you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through 
      

Vienna - Billy Joel

She's mighty tall and handsome
And loved by one and all
She's the comibination

 

 

She's mighty tall and handsome
And loved by one and all
She's the comibination

Wabash Cannonball - Roy Acuff
Great song, clean!

Cheating a little bit for the "X".
The connection is in the artist's first name:

you people saving whales,
giving your thanks to our seas
my respect to the ones in the forest,
Standing up for our old trees

Better People - Xavier Rudd

Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The western esert lives and breathes in forty-five degrees.

Curiously, on karaoke lyrics the place is called Yondaboo

Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The western desert lives and breathes in forty-five degrees.

Beds Are Burning  --  Midnight Oil


So give me all your money
Give me all your gold 
I'll buy you a house back in Zuma Beach
And give you half of what I own  

Some Girls - Rolling Stones. Great job with the Z


Majordomo Billy Bojangles
Sit down and have a drink with me