This file includes Cities, Skyscrapers, Subways, and songs about borders, cities, corners, counties, towns, and villages.
Also see Travel; Earth Song Titles; and Destinations.
Quotes
- The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo. (Desmond Morris)
- The sensual mysticism of entire vertical being. (e.e. cummings on skyscrapers)
- The truth is that the city is a device for reducing stress--by giving humans a free choice of escapes from the pressure (along with the weather) of their environment. (Brigid Brophy)
Note: Having lived in both the city and the country I totally disagree with that statement.
The Soul of a City
(Margaret Mead)
The city as a center where, any day in any year, there may be a fresh encounter with a new talent, a keen mind or a gifted specialist--this is essential to the life of a city. To play this role in our lives a city must have a soul--a university, a great art or music school, a cathedral or a great mosque or temple, a great laboratory or scientific center, as well as the libraries and museums and galleries that bring past and present together. A city must be a place where groups of women and men are seeking and developing the highest things they know.
City Lights
(Rachel Lyman Field)
Into the endless dark
The lights of the buildings shine,
Row upon row,
Line upon glistening line.
Up and up they mount
Till the tallest seems to be
The topmost taper set
On a towering Christmas tree.
City
(Langston Hughes)
In the morning the city
Spreads its wings
Making a song
In stone that sings.
In the evening the city
Goes to bed
Hanging lights
About its head.
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Quotes
- People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on the buses and in the subway. (Simeon Strunsky)
- Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway. (Warren Buffett)
- The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence. (Paul Simon)
- You don't look at each other on the subway. (Simon Pegg)
Things to Do if You Are a Subway
(Bobbie Katz)
Pretend you are a dragon.
Live in underground caves.
Roar about underneath the city.
Swallow piles of people.
Spit them out at the next station.
Zoom through the darkness.
Be an express.
Go fast.
Make as much noise as you please.
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Quotes
- The City of New York is like an enormous citadel, a modern Carcassonne. Walking between the magnificent skyscrapers one feels the presence on the fringe of a howling, raging mob, a mob with empty bellies, a mob unshaven and in rags. (Henry Miller)
- It's not the skyscraper you look at, it's the architect.
- Manhattan has no choice but the skyward extrusion of the grid itself; only the skyscraper offers business the wide-open spaces of a man-made wild west, a frontier in the sky. (Rem Koolhaas)
- The only things that the United States has given to the world are skyscrapers, jazz, and cocktails. (Federico Garcia Lorca)
- A skyscraper is a boast in glass and steel. (Mason Cooley)
- The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to man. (Roland Barthes)
Skyscraper
(Rachel Field)
Do skyscrapers ever grow tired
Of holding themselves up high?
Do they ever shiver on frosty nights
With their tops against the sky?
Do they feel lonely sometimes
Because they have grown so tall?
Do they ever wish they could lie right down
And never get up at all?
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Song Titles
- Border, The - America (1983)
- Border City Call Girl - Ben Hewitt (1975)
- Border Crossing - Timbuk 3 (1991)
- Border Ride - Jim and Jesse (1958)
- Border Town - Souther Hillman Furay Band (1974)
- Border-Town Cathedral - Ed Townsend (1958)
- Border-Town Woman - Mel McDaniel (1978)
- Borderline - Chris de Burgh (1997)
- Borders - Craig Chaquico (1999)
- Borders and Boundaries - Marty Haggard (1996)
- Disorder at the Border - Coleman Hawkins (1959)
- Oklahoma Borderline - Vince Gill (1985)
- On the Border - Al Stewart (1976)
- Sneaking 'Cross the Border - The Harden Trio (1967)
- Sorta on the Border - Tony Martin (1953)
- South of the Border (Down Mexico Way) - Chris Isaak (1996)
- Tennessee Border - The Virginians (1998)
- Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City - Whitesnake (1978)
- American City Suite - Cashman and West (1972)
- Big City - Merle Haggard (1982)
- Big City after Dark - Link Wray and the Raymen (1962)
- Big City Blues - Keith Gattis (2003)
- Big City Men - Penny DeHaven (1968)
- Big City Ways - Warren Smith (1963)
- Border City Call Girl - Ben Hewitt (1975)
- Bright Lights, Big City - Sonny James (1971)
- Charms of the City Ain't Fer Me, The - Carson Robison (1945)
- Chocolate City - Mavis Staples (1977)
- City Beat Me Back Home, The - Davin James (2003)
- City Dump - Dyke and the Blazers (1969)
- City Girl - Mike Bloomfield (1977)
- City Lights - Mel Tillis (1989)
- City Lights - Mickey Gilley (1975)
- City of Angels - Fred Astaire (1975)
- City of Dreams - Bill Rice (1961)
- City Put the Country Back in Me, The - Neal McCoy (1994)
- City Sidewalk - Eugenio Mori (2007)
- City Slicker - Chet Atkins (1953)
- City Traffic - Mike Elliott (1977)
- City Ways - Timepiece (1969)
- City Winds - The Silkie (1965)
- Cold Night in the City - Pete York Percussion Band (1972)
- Comin' to Your City - Big and Rich (2005)
- Country Girl, City Man - Billy Vera and Judy Clay (1968)
- Don't Go City Girl on Me - Tommy Overstreet (1977)
- Drag City - Jan and Dean (1963)
- Friend in the City - Andy Kim (1970)
- Girls in the City - The Esquires (1970)
- Going Back to the City - Onie Wheeler (1957)
- Hello, City Limits - Benny Martin (1965)
- Horses in the City - Nina Gordon (2000)
- In the Loneliness of the City - Norro Wilson (1970)
- Living in the City - Carla Thomas (1970)
- Love in the City - The Turtles (1969)
- Meet Me in the City - The Soul Blues Boys (1992)
- Motor City - Les Cooper and the Soul Rockers (1964)
- Motor City - Neil Young (1981)
- Motor City Madhouse - Ted Nugent (1975)
- Motorway City - Hawkwind (1980)
- My City Was Gone - The Pretenders (1984)
- Neon City - Jo Jo Gunne (1974)
- Ski City U.S.A. - The Buddies (1965)
- Stranger in the City - Bill Kenny (1952)
- Subdivision Blues - Tom T. Hall (1973)
- Summer in the City - The Lovin' Spoonful (1966)
- Surf City - Jan and Dean (1963)
- Sweet City Woman - Johnny Carver (1977)
- Take a City Bride - Swampwater (1971)
- To the City, to the Sea - Ron Elliott (1970)
- We Built This City - Starship (1985)
- We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City - Chris Barber (1954)
- Windy City Blues - Marshall Tucker Band (1976)
- Windy City Breakdown - Jonathan Cain (1977)
- You Belong to the City - Glenn Frey (1985)
- Around the Corner - Ben E. King (1964)
- Café on the Corner - Sawyer Brown (1992)
- Corner of Darkness and Light - John Bunzow (2002)
- Dark Corners - Coleman 'Hawk' Hawkins (1952)
- Down Around the Corner - Steve Barri (1961)
- Down on the Corner - Jerry Reed (1983)
- Girl Around the Corner, The - The Hearts (1957)
- House on the Corner - Don Covay and the Goodtimers (1968)
- Just Around the Corner - The Poe-Kats (1958)
- Left-Hand Corner - Dizzy Gillespie (1957)
- Let Me Off at the Corner - Dottie West (1953)
- Right Around the Corner - Boyd Bennett and Band (1956)
- Round Every Corner - Petula Clark (1965)
- Sneaking Round Corners - Charlie Ross (1976)
- Standing on the Corner - The Four Lads (1956)
- Street Corner - Ashford and Simpson (1982)
- Street Corner in Paris, A - The Beau Hunks (1995)
- Waitin' Round the Corner - The Guise (1969)
- At the County Fair - The Impressions (1958)
- Beaufort County Jail - Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard (1975)
- Blackjack County Chain - Willie Nelson (1967)
- Carol County Accident - Porter Wagoner (1969)
- County Line - Stefan Grossman (1970)
- Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers (1979)
- Darlington County - Jeff Stevens and the Bullets (1986)
- Forrest County Line - 4Runner (2003)
- Girl from Willow County - Johnny Cymbal (1969)
- Hamilton County Breakdown - Alan Munde (1980)
- Harlan County Five-String - Steve Sparkman (1997)
- Hills of Roan County, The - Clinch Mountain Boys (1967)
- Kern County Line - The Ventures (1970)
- Love at the County Fair - Dale Evans (1950)
- Marion County Traditions - Bobby Lee Trammell (1974)
- McNairy County Sheriff - Lawton Williams (2005)
- Mendocino County Line - Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack (2002)
- Nacogdoches County Line - Mitchell Torok (1952)
- Northeast Arkansas Mississippi County Bootlegger - Price (1970)
- Orange County Lumber Truck - Mothers of Invention (1970)
- Sheriff of Boone County - Kenny Price (1971)
- Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident) - John Michael Montgomery (1995)
- Sugar Cane County - Maxine Brown (1969)
- Sweet Grass County - Phil Everly (1973)
- Tulsa County - Anita Carter (1971)
- Tupelo County Jail - The Stonemans (1966)
- Wedding in Cherokee County - Randy Newman (1974)
- Week in a County Jail, A - Tom T. Hall (1970)
Songs about Towns
- Anything Leaving Town Today - Dave Dudley (1967)
- Bad News Travels Fast in Our Town - Hawkshaw Hawkins (1962)
- Beautiful Downtown Burbank - Freddy 'Boom Boom' Cannon (1969)
- Best Bedroom in Town, The - Judy Bailey (1983)
- Big Dreams in a Small Town - Restless Heart (1989)
- Biggest Parakeets in Town, The - Jud Strunk (1975)
- Boots I Came to Town in, The - Becky Hobbs (1994)
- Border Town - Souther Hillman Furay Band (1974)
- Boston, My Home Town - Freddy 'Boom Boom' Cannon (1960)
- Boy from Cross-Town - The Angels (1964)
- Boys Are Back in Town, The - Thin Lizzy (1976)
- Brightest Smile in Town, The - Gregg Allman (1977)
- Cat Just Got in Town - Bill Mack (1956)
- Catty Town - PeeWee King (1956)
- Christmas Eve in My Home Town - Kate Smith (1966)
- Come on Baby, Let's Go Downtown - Crazy Horse (1971)
- Country Comes to Town - Toby Keith (2000
- Cowtown - Webb Pierce (1962)
- Crazy Downtown - Allan Sherman (1965)
- Crosstown - Duke Ellington Orchestra (1946)
- Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968)
- Dark Side of Town, The - Dobie Gray (1986)
- Darkest Street in Town - The Rockets (1963)
- Day the Circus Left Town, The - Eartha Kitt (1955)
- Don't Take Your Guns to Town - Johnny Cash (1959)
- Downside of Town - Willy DeVille (2004)
- Downtown - Petula Clark (1965)
- Downtown Cruisin' - Ronnie Haig (1996)
- East Town Boogie - Lil Armstrong (1947)
- Famous in a Small Town - Miranda Lambert (2007)
- Fastest Horse in a One-Horse Town, The - Billy Ray Cyrus (1995)
- Flower Town - The Rose Garden (1967)
- Fool's Side of Town - Archie Campbell (1962)
- From the Wrong Side of Town - June Valli (1956)
- Get Around Downtown Girl - Freddie and the Dreamers (1969)
- Ghost Town - Don Cherry (1956)
- Going Downtown - Steve Sparkman (1997)
- Gonna Paint the Town - Clinch Mountain Boys (1958)
- Goodbye to My Hometown - Rodney Hayden (2003)
- Guitar Town - Steve Earle (1986)
- He's in Town - The Rockin' Berries (1964)
- Her Town Too - James Taylor and J. D. Souther (1981)
- Hicktown - Jason Aldean (2005)
- Hicktown - Tennessee Ernie Ford (1965)
- Hometown Advantage - Tim Mensy (1989)
- Hometown Honeymoon - Alabama (1991)
- Hometown Girl - Joni Harms (1990)
- Hometown Gossip - The Whites (1985)
- Hometown Man - Joy of Cooking (1972)
- Hometown Radio - Curtis Wright (1992)
- Honky-Tonk Down Town - Joe and Rose Lee Maphis (1955)
- I Know This Town - Bette Midler (1995)
- I'm Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town - Louis Jordan (1942)
- I've Been to Town - Glenn Yarbrough (1965)
- In a Little Spanish Town - Perez Prado Orchestra (1951)
- In a Little Texas Town - Rusty Gill and the Westernaires (1941)
- In a Sleepy Country Town - Johnny Barfield (1939)
- In a Small Town - Dee Mullins (1971)
- In a Town This Size - John Prine and Dolores Keane (1999)
- It Wasn't Much of a Town - Billy Strange (1956)
- It's All Over Town - Tab Hunter (1958)
- It's the Talk of the Town - Stan Getz Quartet (1954)
- Jackson Ain't a Very Big Town - June Stearns and Johnny Duncan (1968)
- Leaving Town - Lynwood Lunsford (1999)
- Lights of My Hometown, The - Aaron Lines (2005)
- Lindy Comes to Town - Al Stewart (1995)
- Little Maine Town - Brian Dunn (2008)
- Little Town Flirt - Del Shannon (1962)
- Loneliest Boy in Town, The - The Mojo Men (1965)
- Loneliest Fool in Town - Bill Mack (1959)
- Lonesome Town - Ricky Nelson (1958)
- Love on the Wrong Side of Town - Southside Johnny and His Band (1977)
- Lulu's Back in Town - Jerry Vale (1964)
- Magic Town - The Vogues (1966)
- Midnight Girl, Sunset Town - Sweethearts of the Rodeo (1986)
- Midnight Town - Jerry Garcia (1974)
- Mississippi Cotton-Pickin' Delta Town - Charley Pride (1974)
- Most Wanted Woman in Town, The - Roy Head (1975)
- My Hometown - Jimmy Boyd (1965)
- My Hometown - Bruce Springsteen (1985)
- My Hometown Sweetheart - Jimmy Dean (1969)
- My Kind of Town - Frank Sinatra and Frank Sinatra, Jr. (1994)
- My Little Town - Simon and Garfunkel (1975)
- My Old Home Town - Hank Locklin (1959)
- My Side of Town - Dennis Robbins (1992)
- My Town - Montgomery Gentry (2002)
- Nellie Moved to Town - The Louvin Brothers (1960)
- New Kid in Town - The Eagles (1976)
- New York's a Lonely Town - The Trade Winds (1965)
- Night on the Town, A - Bruce Hornsby and Ricky Skaggs (2007)
- Old Hometown - Sissy Spacek (1983)
- Old Side of Town, The - Tom T. Hall (1980)
- One-Horse Town - The Thrills (2003)
- Other Side of Town, The - The Secrets (1964)
- Other Towns, Other Girls - Gary Zekley (1963)
- Our Town - Iris DeMent (1992)
- Out of Town - Johnny Nash (1956)
- Outskirts of Town - Jimmy Reed (1963)
- Paint the Town and Hang the Moon Tonight - J.C. Crowley (1989)
- Paint the Town Beige - Robert Earl Keene (1993)
- Paint the Town Blue - Robin Leed and Lobo (1985)
- Phones Are Ringing All Over Town - Martina McBride (1996)
- Poor Side of Town - Johnny Rivers (1966)
- Prairie Town - Randy Bachman (1993)
- Raining on My Side of Town - Earl Sinks (1963)
- Red Roses From the Blue Side of Town - George Morgan (1973)
- Rock This Town - Stray Cats (1982)
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town - Kenny Rogers (1969)
- Sacramento, a Wonderful Town - Middle of the Road (1972)
- Sadie's Back in Town - The Pacers (1960)
- San Francisco is a Lonely Town - Ben Peters (1969)
- Santa Claus is Coming to Town - The Four Seasons (1962)
- Small Town - Ray Benson (2003)
- Small-Town Blues - The Nettles Brothers (1941)
- Small-Town Girl - Claudia Church (1999)
- Small-Town Saturday Night - Hal Ketchum (1991)
- Small-Town Southern Man - Alan Jackson (2007)
- Small-Town Talk - Bobby Charles (1972)
- Small Towns and Big Dreams - Paul Brandt (2002)
- Softest Touch in Town, The - Bobby G. Rice (1978)
- Somebody's Back in Town - Wilburn Brothers (1959)
- Somewhere in This Town - Bruce Channel (1965)
- Stormy Came to Town - Donnie Owens (1961)
- Stranger in Town - Billy Strange (1968)
- Stranger in Town - Del Shannon (1965)
- Talk of the Town, The - Del McCoury Band (1998)
- Tavern in the Town - John Ewing (1958)
- There's a Tavern in the Town - Del Wood (1955)
- This Danged Old Town - The Virginians (1998)
- This Little Town - Russell Smith (1989)
- Tiger in a Teacup Town - Sara Hickman (1994)
- Tiny Town - Shelly Fairchild (2005)
- Today My Sleepless Nights Came Back to Town - Buddy Knox (1968)
- Town Crier - Linda Scott (1962)
- Town is Talking, The - Bobby Charles (1959)
- Town Like Alice, A - Slim Dusty (1963)
- Town Square - Floyd Cramer (1966)
- Town Where You Live, The - Mel Street (1973)
- Town Without Pity - Gene Pitney (1961)
- Toy Shop in the Town - Sally Starr (1958)
- Trouble's Back in Town - Wilburn Brothers (1962)
- Two-Bit Texas Town - Angela Strehli (1993)
- Up Town - Roy Orbison (1959)
- Upstairs Downtown - Toby Keith (1995)
- Uptown - The Crystals (1962)
- Uptown Girl - Billy Joel (1983)
- Uptown Swing - Jerry Irby (1949)
- Wake the Town and Tell the People - Mindy Carson (1955)
- Walk Downtown - Tom Rozum (1998)
- We're the Talk of the Town - Rose Maddox and Buck Owens (1963)
- When Love Comes to Town - B.B. King and U2 (1988)
- When the Circus Leaves Town - Jimmy Durante (1955)
- Your Mama's Out of Town - The Carter Lewis Southerners (1963)
- Girl From Greenwich Village, The - The Trade Winds (1965)
- Greenwich Village Folk Song Salesman - Jim and Jesse (1968)
- Little Dutch Village - Don Gant (1964)
- Quiet Village - Martin Denny (1959)
- Village of Love - Nathaniel Mayer (1962)
- Village of St. Bernadette - Andy Williams (1959)
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