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{{quote|''We gotta get out of this place |
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if it's the last thing we ever do'' |
''if it's the last thing we ever do'' |
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A song about life on the road. Frequently this will be about a young person running away from home, and seeking a better life somewhere else. ''Anywhere'' else. This often results from [[Small Town Boredom]], and the belief that life on the road is more romantic. |
A song about life on the road. Frequently this will be about a young person running away from home, and seeking a better life somewhere else. ''Anywhere'' else. This often results from [[Small Town Boredom]], and the belief that life on the road is more romantic. |
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Related to the [["Somewhere" Song]], which is about a ''specific'' place where the grass is believed to be greener, and to the [["I Want" Song]]. See also [[The Runaway]] and [[Walking the Earth]]. |
Related to the [["Somewhere" Song]], which is about a ''specific'' place where the grass is believed to be greener, and to the [["I Want" Song]]. See also [[The Runaway]] and [[Walking the Earth]]. |
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* "Wanderlust" by [[Bjork]] |
* "Wanderlust" by [[Bjork]] |
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* "Wanderlust" by [[Flogging Molly]] |
* "Wanderlust" by [[Flogging Molly]] |
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* "Wanderlust" by [[Abney Park]] |
* "Wanderlust" by [[Abney Park]] |
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* "Wanderlust" by [[Nightwish]] |
* "Wanderlust" by [[Nightwish]] |
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* "Wanderlust" by |
* "Wanderlust" by Heather Alexander/Alexander James Adams |
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* "Wanderlust" by [[Megadeth]] |
* "Wanderlust" by [[Megadeth]] |
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== Music - Other Names == |
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* "The Taste of Ink" by The Used |
* "The Taste of Ink" by The Used |
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* "The World at Large" by [[Modest Mouse]] |
* "The World at Large" by [[Modest Mouse]] |
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* "Naveed" by Our Lady Peace |
* "Naveed" by Our Lady Peace |
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== Blues == |
=== Blues === |
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* "Boogie Chillen" by John Lee Hooker |
* "Boogie Chillen" by John Lee Hooker |
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== Blues-Rock == |
=== Blues-Rock === |
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* "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", [[The Animals]] |
* "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", [[The Animals]] |
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== Classical == |
=== Classical === |
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* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5gWlmJqaB4 "Das Wandern"]'' from [[Franz Schubert]]'s song cycle ''Die schöne Müllerin'' (''The Pretty Milleress''). |
* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5gWlmJqaB4 "Das Wandern"]'' from [[Franz Schubert]]'s song cycle ''Die schöne Müllerin'' (''The Pretty Milleress''). |
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* Emmanuel Geibel and Justus Wilhelm Lyra's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5phLBjpgpU "Der Mai ist gekommen"]. This is a very popular genre in Germany. |
* Emmanuel Geibel and Justus Wilhelm Lyra's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5phLBjpgpU "Der Mai ist gekommen"]. This is a very popular genre in Germany. |
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* "Slim's Song" from Benjamin Britten's ''Paul Bunyan'' (text by W.H. Auden) |
* "Slim's Song" from Benjamin Britten's ''Paul Bunyan'' (text by W.H. Auden) |
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== Country == |
=== Country === |
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* "King of the Road" by Roger Miller |
* "King of the Road" by Roger Miller |
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* "On the Road Again" by [[Willie Nelson]]. |
* "On the Road Again" by [[Willie Nelson]]. |
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== Electropop == |
=== Electropop === |
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* "Moving On" by Ryuichi Sakamoto, on the album ''Sweet Revenge',' is a particularly poignant example |
* "Moving On" by Ryuichi Sakamoto, on the album ''Sweet Revenge',' is a particularly poignant example |
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=== Fantasy Rock === |
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZno7ZAR-fM "Traveler's Song"] by [[Aviators]]. |
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=== Folk === |
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* Tom Paxton's "Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound" is a song about how wanderlust isn't such a good idea after all: the narrator is lonely and lost constantly traveling. It ends: |
* Tom Paxton's "Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound" is a song about how wanderlust isn't such a good idea after all: the narrator is lonely and lost constantly traveling. It ends: |
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{{quote|''"If you see me passing by, and you sit and wonder why, |
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And you wish that you were a rambler too, |
''And you wish that you were a rambler too, |
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Nail your shoes to the kitchen floor, lace 'em up and bar the door |
''Nail your shoes to the kitchen floor, lace 'em up and bar the door |
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And thank the stars for the roof that's over you"'' }} |
''And thank the stars for the roof that's over you"'' }} |
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* "The Greatest Adventure" by Glenn Yarborough. It's the song that plays at the beginning of the 1977 film of [[The Hobbit]]. |
* "The Greatest Adventure" by Glenn Yarborough. It's the song that plays at the beginning of the 1977 film of [[The Hobbit]]. |
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* "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman. |
* "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman. |
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{{quote|''You got a fast car, |
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Is it fast enough so we can fly away? We gotta make a decision; |
''Is it fast enough so we can fly away? We gotta make a decision; |
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Leave tonight, or live and die this way?'' }} |
''Leave tonight, or live and die this way?'' }} |
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* Friedrich-Wilhelm Möller's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l3K5oNZ0_w "The Happy Wanderer"] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_QJi7wVENE "Der fröhliche Wanderer"]) |
* Friedrich-Wilhelm Möller's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l3K5oNZ0_w "The Happy Wanderer"] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_QJi7wVENE "Der fröhliche Wanderer"]) |
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* "Boomer's Story" (trad) |
* "Boomer's Story" (trad) |
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== Folk Metal == |
=== Folk Metal === |
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* "Journey Man" by [[Korpiklaani]]. |
* "Journey Man" by [[Korpiklaani]]. |
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* "The Road Goes Ever On" by Wuthering Heights |
* "The Road Goes Ever On" by Wuthering Heights |
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== Folk Rock == |
=== Folk Rock === |
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* "Peace Train" by Cat Stevens. |
* "Peace Train" by Cat Stevens. |
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* "America" by [[Simon and Garfunkel]]. |
* "America" by [[Simon and Garfunkel]]. |
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* "The Road" by [[Frank Turner]] |
* "The Road" by [[Frank Turner]] |
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== Gypsy Punk == |
=== Gypsy Punk === |
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* "Sally" by Gogol Bordello |
* "Sally" by Gogol Bordello |
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== Hard Rock == |
=== Hard Rock === |
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* "Born to be Wild" by [[ |
* "Born to be Wild" by [[Steppenwolf]] |
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* "Fly By Night" By [[Rush]] |
* "Fly By Night" By [[Rush]] |
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** And the lesser known "Dreamline" |
** And the lesser known "Dreamline" |
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* "Ramble On", [[Led Zeppelin]]. |
* "Ramble On", [[Led Zeppelin]]. |
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* "Stone Free" by [[Jimi Hendrix]]. |
* "Stone Free" by [[Jimi Hendrix]]. |
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{{quote|''Stone free, to do what I please, |
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Stone free to ride the breeze, |
''Stone free to ride the breeze, |
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Stone free, I can't stay, |
''Stone free, I can't stay, |
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I've got to, got to, got to get away'' }} |
''I've got to, got to, got to get away'' }} |
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* [[Cold Chisel]]'s "Bow River" and "Houndog" |
* [[Cold Chisel]]'s "Bow River" and "Houndog" |
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* "Bat Out Of Hell" by [[Meat Loaf]]. It arguably [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstructs the trope]], given that the protaganist gets so caught up in the act of getting the hell out of dodge that he ends up wrecking his motorcycle and dying. |
* "Bat Out Of Hell" by [[Meat Loaf]]. It arguably [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstructs the trope]], given that the protaganist gets so caught up in the act of getting the hell out of dodge that he ends up wrecking his motorcycle and dying. |
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== Heavy Metal == |
=== Heavy Metal === |
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* "Running Free", by [[Iron Maiden]]. |
* "Running Free", by [[Iron Maiden]]. |
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* "Wherever I May Roam" by [[Metallica]]. |
* "Wherever I May Roam" by [[Metallica]]. |
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== Indie Rock == |
=== Indie Rock === |
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* [[The Protomen]] song "Breaking Out". |
* [[The Protomen]] song "Breaking Out". |
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* "Seeds" by [[Music/Hey Rosetta|Hey Rosetta]] |
* "Seeds" by [[Music/Hey Rosetta|Hey Rosetta]] |
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== Melodic Hardcore == |
=== Melodic Hardcore === |
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* "Anywhere But Here" by [[Rise Against]]. |
* "Anywhere But Here" by [[Rise Against]]. |
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== New Wave == |
=== New Wave === |
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* "Screaming Skin", by [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]. "Following my lust for wander everywhere I've never been, I can't escape from the sound of it--the sound of my screaming skin." |
* "Screaming Skin", by [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]. "Following my lust for wander everywhere I've never been, I can't escape from the sound of it--the sound of my screaming skin." |
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== Pop == |
=== Pop === |
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* The Russian pop song "Zelenoglazoe taksi" ("Green-Eyed Taxi") by Mikhail Boyarsky is about wanting to leave one's home life and go somewhere far away. |
* The Russian pop song "Zelenoglazoe taksi" ("Green-Eyed Taxi") by Mikhail Boyarsky is about wanting to leave one's home life and go somewhere far away. |
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== Pop Punk == |
=== Pop Punk === |
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* "Our Hometown" by [[Bowling for Soup]]. |
* "Our Hometown" by [[Bowling for Soup]]. |
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== Pop Rock == |
=== Pop Rock === |
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* [[Kelly Clarkson]]'s "Breakaway" |
* [[Kelly Clarkson]]'s "Breakaway" |
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== Punk Rock == |
=== Punk Rock === |
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* "Wayfarer" by Hot Water Music. |
* "Wayfarer" by Hot Water Music. |
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* "Night Train" by Bouncing Souls. |
* "Night Train" by Bouncing Souls. |
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* The ending of two songs on [[Green Day]]'s ''[[American Idiot]]'' have this: "Jesus of Suburbia" and "Letterbomb". |
* The ending of two songs on [[Green Day]]'s ''[[American Idiot]]'' have this: "Jesus of Suburbia" and "Letterbomb". |
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== Rock == |
=== Rock === |
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* "Don't Stop Believin'", [[Journey (band)|Journey]] |
* "Don't Stop Believin'", [[Journey (band)|Journey]] |
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{{quote|''"Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world, |
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She took the midnight train goin' anywhere"'' }} |
''She took the midnight train goin' anywhere"'' }} |
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* "Baba O'Riley", [[The Who]] |
* "Baba O'Riley", [[The Who]] |
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{{quote|''"Sally, take my hand |
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We'll travel south, 'cross land |
''We'll travel south, 'cross land |
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Put out the fire, and don't look past my shoulder."'' }} |
''Put out the fire, and don't look past my shoulder."'' }} |
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** "Goin' Mobile" is another one: |
** "Goin' Mobile" is another one: |
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{{quote|''"Out in the woods or in the city |
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It's all the same to me |
''It's all the same to me |
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When I'm driving free, the world's my home."'' }} |
''When I'm driving free, the world's my home."'' }} |
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* Both "Thunder Road" and "Born to Run" by [[Bruce Springsteen]]. |
* Both "Thunder Road" and "Born to Run" by [[Bruce Springsteen]]. |
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{{quote|''"We got to get out while we're young |
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Because tramps like us, baby we were born to run"'' }} |
''Because tramps like us, baby we were born to run"'' }} |
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* "She's Leaving Home" by [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]]. |
* "She's Leaving Home" by [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]]. |
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** And possibly "Ticket to Ride". |
** And possibly "Ticket to Ride". |
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* "Turn the Page" by [[Bob Seger]]. |
* "Turn the Page" by [[Bob Seger]]. |
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== Roots Rock == |
=== Roots Rock === |
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* "Proud Mary", [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]] (though it still holds true in the [[Covered Up|Tina Turner cover]]. |
* "Proud Mary", [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]] (though it still holds true in the [[Covered Up|Tina Turner cover]]. |
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== Southern Rock == |
=== Southern Rock === |
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* "Ramblin' Man", [[The Allman Brothers Band]], and a different song by the same name, The Zutons. |
* "Ramblin' Man", [[The Allman Brothers Band]], and a different song by the same name, The Zutons. |
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== Swing Revival == |
=== Swing Revival === |
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* "Wolftown Blues" by the Deluxtone Rockets. |
* "Wolftown Blues" by the Deluxtone Rockets. |
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{{quote|''Small town blues, can't wait to get away. |
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Leaving this town ain't no mistake. |
''Leaving this town ain't no mistake. |
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Jump the first rail I got the money to pay. |
''Jump the first rail I got the money to pay. |
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On and on, ride these blues away.'' }} |
''On and on, ride these blues away.'' }} |
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== [[Theatre]] == |
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* "Wanderin' Star", from ''[[Paint Your Wagon (theatre)|Paint Your Wagon]]''. |
* "Wanderin' Star", from ''[[Paint Your Wagon (theatre)|Paint Your Wagon]]''. |
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* In the musical ''[[In the Heights]]'', Vanessa's [["I Want" Song]], "It Won't Be Long Now," also takes this form. |
* In the musical ''[[In the Heights]]'', Vanessa's [["I Want" Song]], "It Won't Be Long Now," also takes this form. |
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{{quote|''"And one day, I'm hoppin' to JFK, and I'm gonna fly! |
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It won't be long now, any day." }} |
''It won't be long now, any day." }} |
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* Occurs twice in ''[[Passing Strange]]'': |
* Occurs twice in ''[[Passing Strange]]'': |
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** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by the Narrator: |
** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by the Narrator: |
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{{quote|''"[[Breaking the Fourth Wall|At this point in the play]], we were planning a show tune |
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[[Genre Savvy|An upbeat 'gotta leave this town' kind of show tune]] |
''[[Genre Savvy|An upbeat 'gotta leave this town' kind of show tune]] |
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But we don't know how to write those kinds of tunes" }} |
''But we don't know how to write those kinds of tunes" }} |
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** During "Passing Phase," which doubles as a [[Rockstar Song]], the main character Youth sings about his plans to "live in vans crammed with guitars / I'll sleep on floors and play in bars / I'll dance to my own metronome / Until chaos feels like home." |
** During "Passing Phase," which doubles as a [[Rockstar Song]], the main character Youth sings about his plans to "live in vans crammed with guitars / I'll sleep on floors and play in bars / I'll dance to my own metronome / Until chaos feels like home." |
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* "Fortune Favors the Brave" from ''[[Aida]]'' features the male lead and his shipmates singing about how much they love exploring. Later, "Enchantment Passing Through" finds the two leads sharing their desires to escape their inescapable lives. |
* "Fortune Favors the Brave" from ''[[Aida]]'' features the male lead and his shipmates singing about how much they love exploring. Later, "Enchantment Passing Through" finds the two leads sharing their desires to escape their inescapable lives. |
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* "Corner Of The Sky" from ''[[Pippin]]'' functions as one, given that "ramble", "fly" and "run free" are key words in its refrain, and its end-of-the-scene reprises at times when Pippin wants to be somewhere else. |
* "Corner Of The Sky" from ''[[Pippin]]'' functions as one, given that "ramble", "fly" and "run free" are key words in its refrain, and its end-of-the-scene reprises at times when Pippin wants to be somewhere else. |
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* The beginning of "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" from "Hello Dolly" (also used as the opening tune to [[WALL-E]]). Or it could be a [["Somewhere" Song]] about New York. |
* The beginning of "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" from "Hello Dolly" (also used as the opening tune to [[WALL-E]]). Or it could be a [["Somewhere" Song]] about New York. |
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{{quote|''"Out there, |
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There's a world outside of Yonkers |
''There's a world outside of Yonkers |
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Way out there [[Small Town Boredom|beyond this hick town]], Barnaby... |
''Way out there [[Small Town Boredom|beyond this hick town]], Barnaby... |
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There's a slick town, Barnaby!"'' }} |
''There's a slick town, Barnaby!"'' }} |
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* "Joey, Joey, Joey" from ''[[The Most Happy Fella]]''. |
* "Joey, Joey, Joey" from ''[[The Most Happy Fella]]''. |
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* "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" from ''St. Louis Woman''. |
* "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" from ''St. Louis Woman''. |
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* The first song Anya sings in ''[[Anastasia]]'' is "Journey to the Past". |
* The first song Anya sings in ''[[Anastasia]]'' is "Journey to the Past". |
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* Belle's [["I Want" Song]] in ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' doubles as this: |
* Belle's [["I Want" Song]] in ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' doubles as this: |
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{{quote|''"I want much more than this provincial life! |
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I want adventure in the great wide somewhere! |
''I want adventure in the great wide somewhere! |
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I want it more than I can tell!" }} |
''I want it more than I can tell!" }} |
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* "Man's Road" from ''[[The Last Unicorn (animation)|The Last Unicorn]]'', as performed by [[America (band)|America]]. |
* "Man's Road" from ''[[The Last Unicorn (animation)|The Last Unicorn]]'', as performed by [[America (band)|America]]. |
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* "When Will My Life Begin?" from ''[[Tangled]]''. |
* "When Will My Life Begin?" from ''[[Tangled]]''. |
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We gotta get out of this place |
A song about life on the road. Frequently this will be about a young person running away from home, and seeking a better life somewhere else. Anywhere else. This often results from Small Town Boredom, and the belief that life on the road is more romantic.
Related to the "Somewhere" Song, which is about a specific place where the grass is believed to be greener, and to the "I Want" Song. See also The Runaway and Walking the Earth.
Anime and Manga
- Quite a few of the songs associated with One Piece have this theme, since the series is all about sailing the seas in search of adventure.
- The opening of the first season of Spice and Wolf, "Tabi no Tochuu" ("On a Journey") is half Wanderlust Song, half love ballad. Quite fitting for the series.
Film
- Spoofed with the song "Never Did No Wanderin'" from A Mighty Wind.
- "Movin' Right Along" from The Muppet Movie.
- "The Road Goes Ever On" from The Lord of the Rings starts out as a Wanderlust Song, but ends as a "No Place Like Home"-type song.
- The Russian film Pro krasnuju Shapochku (about Red Riding Hood) features the "Road Song", stating "If you go a road long enough you can get to Afica" and so on.
- "Wandering Star" from Paint Your Wagon.
Literature
- "Song of the Wanderer" from Bruce Coville's book of the same name.
Poetry
- Robert Service touches on this in The Men That Don't Fit in
Live-Action TV
- "Follow Me" from Fraggle Rock, sung by explorers Traveling Matt and his nephew Gobo.
Music - Titled "Wanderlust"
- "Wanderlust" by Bjork
- "Wanderlust" by Flogging Molly
- "Wanderlust" by Baroness
- "Wonderlust King" by Gogol Bordello
- "Wanderlust" by Delays
- "Wanderlust" by Every Time I Die
- "Wanderlust" by Paul McCartney
- "Wanderlust" by Abney Park
- "Wanderlust" by Nightwish
- "Wanderlust" by Heather Alexander/Alexander James Adams
- "Wanderlust" by Megadeth
Music - Other Names
Alternative Rock
- "The Taste of Ink" by The Used
- "The World at Large" by Modest Mouse
- "Dorothy Dreams of Tornados" by Cursive
- "Naveed" by Our Lady Peace
Blues
- "Boogie Chillen" by John Lee Hooker
Blues-Rock
- "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", The Animals
Classical
- "Das Wandern" from Franz Schubert's song cycle Die schöne Müllerin (The Pretty Milleress).
- Emmanuel Geibel and Justus Wilhelm Lyra's "Der Mai ist gekommen". This is a very popular genre in Germany.
- Ralph Vaughan Williams' "The Vagabond" from Songs of Travel, (text by Robert Louis Stephenson)* Giancarlo Menotti's "When the air sings of summer I must wander again," from The Old Maid and the Thief
- "Slim's Song" from Benjamin Britten's Paul Bunyan (text by W.H. Auden)
Country
- "King of the Road" by Roger Miller
- "On the Road Again" by Willie Nelson.
Electropop
- "Moving On" by Ryuichi Sakamoto, on the album Sweet Revenge',' is a particularly poignant example
Fantasy Rock
Folk
- Tom Paxton's "Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound" is a song about how wanderlust isn't such a good idea after all: the narrator is lonely and lost constantly traveling. It ends:
"If you see me passing by, and you sit and wonder why, |
- "The Greatest Adventure" by Glenn Yarborough. It's the song that plays at the beginning of the 1977 film of The Hobbit.
- "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman.
You got a fast car, |
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Möller's "The Happy Wanderer" ("Der fröhliche Wanderer")
- "Boomer's Story" (trad)
Folk Metal
- "Journey Man" by Korpiklaani.
- "The Road Goes Ever On" by Wuthering Heights
Folk Rock
- "Peace Train" by Cat Stevens.
- "America" by Simon and Garfunkel.
- "Beggars to God" by Bob Franke.
- "The Road" by Frank Turner
Gypsy Punk
- "Sally" by Gogol Bordello
Hard Rock
- "Born to be Wild" by Steppenwolf
- "Fly By Night" By Rush
- And the lesser known "Dreamline"
- "Ramble On", Led Zeppelin.
- "Stone Free" by Jimi Hendrix.
Stone free, to do what I please, |
- Cold Chisel's "Bow River" and "Houndog"
- "Bat Out Of Hell" by Meat Loaf. It arguably deconstructs the trope, given that the protaganist gets so caught up in the act of getting the hell out of dodge that he ends up wrecking his motorcycle and dying.
Heavy Metal
- "Running Free", by Iron Maiden.
- "Wherever I May Roam" by Metallica.
Indie Rock
- The Protomen song "Breaking Out".
- "Seeds" by Hey Rosetta
Melodic Hardcore
- "Anywhere But Here" by Rise Against.
New Wave
- "Screaming Skin", by Blondie. "Following my lust for wander everywhere I've never been, I can't escape from the sound of it--the sound of my screaming skin."
Pop
- The Russian pop song "Zelenoglazoe taksi" ("Green-Eyed Taxi") by Mikhail Boyarsky is about wanting to leave one's home life and go somewhere far away.
Pop Punk
- "Our Hometown" by Bowling for Soup.
Pop Rock
- Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway"
Punk Rock
- "Wayfarer" by Hot Water Music.
- "Night Train" by Bouncing Souls.
- The ending of two songs on Green Day's American Idiot have this: "Jesus of Suburbia" and "Letterbomb".
Rock
- "Don't Stop Believin'", Journey
"Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world, |
- "Baba O'Riley", The Who
"Sally, take my hand |
- "Goin' Mobile" is another one:
"Out in the woods or in the city |
- Both "Thunder Road" and "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen.
"We got to get out while we're young |
- "She's Leaving Home" by The Beatles.
- And possibly "Ticket to Ride".
- And the latter part of "You Never Give Me Your Money".
- Bob Dylan: "Highway 51", "Like a Rolling Stone" (sort of), and "Tangled Up in Blue".
- "Friend of the Devil" by The Grateful Dead.
- "The Wanderer" by Dion, although it's more about skipping town to avoid being tied down to a single girl. This from the man who brought you "Runaround Sue".
- Word of God says it's a parody song of a chauvinistic two-timer, sung in the third person. The song received a Misaimed Fandom nonetheless.
- "The Loadout/Stay" by Jackson Browne.
- "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
- "Friday's Child" by Them (with Van Morrison who later did a solo version).
- "Turn the Page" by Bob Seger.
Roots Rock
- "Proud Mary", Creedence Clearwater Revival (though it still holds true in the Tina Turner cover.
Southern Rock
- "Ramblin' Man", The Allman Brothers Band, and a different song by the same name, The Zutons.
Swing Revival
- "Wolftown Blues" by the Deluxtone Rockets.
Small town blues, can't wait to get away. |
Theatre
- "Skid Row" and "Somewhere That's Green" in Little Shop of Horrors.
- "Wanderin' Star", from Paint Your Wagon.
- In the musical In the Heights, Vanessa's "I Want" Song, "It Won't Be Long Now," also takes this form.
"And one day, I'm hoppin' to JFK, and I'm gonna fly! |
- Occurs twice in Passing Strange:
- Lampshaded by the Narrator:
"At this point in the play, we were planning a show tune |
- During "Passing Phase," which doubles as a Rockstar Song, the main character Youth sings about his plans to "live in vans crammed with guitars / I'll sleep on floors and play in bars / I'll dance to my own metronome / Until chaos feels like home."
- "Fortune Favors the Brave" from Aida features the male lead and his shipmates singing about how much they love exploring. Later, "Enchantment Passing Through" finds the two leads sharing their desires to escape their inescapable lives.
- "Corner Of The Sky" from Pippin functions as one, given that "ramble", "fly" and "run free" are key words in its refrain, and its end-of-the-scene reprises at times when Pippin wants to be somewhere else.
- The beginning of "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" from "Hello Dolly" (also used as the opening tune to WALL-E). Or it could be a "Somewhere" Song about New York.
"Out there, |
- "Joey, Joey, Joey" from The Most Happy Fella.
- "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" from St. Louis Woman.
Western Animation
- The first song Anya sings in Anastasia is "Journey to the Past".
- Belle's "I Want" Song in Beauty and the Beast doubles as this:
"I want much more than this provincial life! |
- "Man's Road" from The Last Unicorn, as performed by America.
- "When Will My Life Begin?" from Tangled.