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Locations in Lyrics
146 location references across 57 songs
Songs & Places
Corpus Christi Bay
Corpus Christi, TX
Houston, TX
"On the Corpus Christi bay"
Tom Ames’ Prayer
Nacogdoches, TX
US-Mexico Border, TX
Abilene, TX
Fort Smith, AR
Arkansas
"Everyone in Nacogdoches knew Tom Ames would come to some bad end"
A Border Tragedy
US-Mexico Border, TX
Del Rio, TX
Acuña, TX
US-Mexico Border
Rio Grande, TX
"A Border Tragedy (song title) / an alley in Acuna / The old precinct station"
Furnace Fan
Scottsdale, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona
Sonoran Desert, AZ
"We were at the Rhythm Room
In Scottsdale Arizona"
The Road Goes On & On
Wild Wild West
"Well, you started out in the wild wild west"
The Armadillo Jackal
Hallettsville, TX
Farm-to-Market Road 1291, TX
Texas
"They pay two-fifty down in Hallettsville"
The Front Porch Song
Agua Dulce, TX
Bryan, TX
Marfa, TX
Texas
Brazos River, TX
Detroit, MI
College Station, TX
"Standin' under a mesquite tree in Agua Dulce, Texas"
I Gotta Go
Tupelo, MS
Memphis, TN
"They put me in an orphanage / West of Tupelo"
I’m Coming Home
Boston, MA
San Jose, CA
Monterey Bay, CA
Santa Cruz, CA
"Flew from Boston out to San Jose"
East Virginia Blues
East Virginia
North Carolina
"I was born in East Virginia"
What I Really Mean
Albuquerque, NM
Fort Smith, AR
New Orleans, LA
Memphis, TN
Tennessee
Kentucky
Richmond, KY
Charlotte, NC
Anaheim, CA
"Drove from Albuquerque to Ft. Smith, Arkansas"
Dreadful Selfish Crime
Los Angeles, CA
"One's in Hollywood one's a millionaire"
Shades of Gray
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Wichita, KS
Kansas
"Oklahoma, 1995"
Leavin’ Tennessee
Tennessee
"leaving Tennessee"
Leavin' Tennessee
Tennessee
Texas 1947
Texas
Sonora’s Death Row
Sonora, CA
Sonora, TX
"And rode to Sonora last night"
Feeling Good Again
Silver City, NM
Salt Lake City, UT
"The boys from Silver City were standin' by the fire"
T For Texas (feat. Lyle Lovett)
Texas
Hello New Orleans
Amarillo, TX
New Orleans, LA
Mississippi River, LA
Cajun Country, LA
Mississippi River, MS
"So adios to Amarillo"
Feelin’ Good Again
Silver City, NM
"The boys from Silver City were standin' by the fire"
Gringo Honeymoon
Rio Grande
Chihuahuan Desert
"We took a row boat across the Rio Grande"
Amarillo Highway (Live)
Amarillo, TX
Rolling By
West Texas
"It's a busted old town on the plains of west Texas"
I’m Comin’ Home
Boston, MA
San Jose, CA
Monterey Bay, CA
Santa Cruz, CA
Monterey, CA
"Flew from Boston out to San Jose"
I'm comin' home
Boston, MA
Monterey Bay, CA
San Jose, CA
Santa Cruz, CA
Merry Christmas from the Family
Harlingen, TX
"Fran and Rita drove from Harlingen"
Here in Arkansas
Arkansas
Great Plains
"Here in Arkansas"
Mariano
US-Mexico Border
"The border guards, they came one day and took him far away"
The Road Goes On Forever
Miami Beach, FL
Lynchburg, TN
"The sun was settin' on 'em when they reached Miami Beach"
Mr. Wolf and Mamabear
Hollywood, CA
San Joaquin, CA
"But lives in Hollywood"
Amarillo Highway
Plainview, TX
Idalou, TX
New Deal, TX
Amarillo, TX
Dust Bowl, TX
Fort Worth, TX
Texas
San Antonio, TX
Texas Panhandle, TX
US Route 87, TX
"I'm a high straight in Plainview"
No Kinda Dancer
Annapolis, MD
Fredericksburg, TX
New Braunfels, TX
John Paul Jones, MD
Texas
"With buxom ol' matrons to a quick John Paul Jones"
Willie
South Dakota
Texas
"A real west river cowgirl in her day"
Marfa
Marfa, TX
Goin’ Down in Style
Corpus Christi, TX
New Life in Old Mexico
Eagle Pass, TX
Blow You Away
Los Angeles, CA
"Their bumper says "We Love LA!""
Crazy Cowboy Dream
Oregon
Santa Fe, NM
"Last night I was in Oregon"
Billy Gray
Kansas City, MO
New Mexico
Grainger County, TN
"Wanted in Kansas City by the law"
Black Baldy Stallion
US-Mexico Border
"You ride toward the border"
Daddy Had a Buick
Great Smoky Mountains, TN
California
Atlantic Ocean
Minnesota
New Orleans, LA
Oklahoma
Arizona
"From the Great Smoky Mountains to the California ocean"
High Plains Jamboree
High Plains, TX
"They're just another couple on a high plains jamboree"
Let The Music Play
Southern Georgia
"Left for dead in southern Georgia"
Lynnville Train
Lynnville, TN
"now she's coming home with a stranger, to settle down in Lynnville Town"
Furnance Fan
Scottsdale, AZ
Arizona
Phoenix, AZ
Desert, AZ
Buffalo, NY
"We were at the Rhythm Room In Scottsdale Arizona"
Lonely Feeling
New Mexico
East Oregon
"At midnight in New Mexico"
Oh Rosie
Tulsa, OK
New Mexico
Tucson, AZ
Colorado
Denver, CO
"I've been to Tulsa"
Old Home Place
Charlottesville, VA
"I ran away to Charlottesville"
Runnin' With the Night
San Antonio, TX
"I'm headed down to San Antone, runnin' with the night"
Steam Powered Aeroplane
Kansas City, MO
"Rather be sittin' in a deck chair high above Kansas City"
Walkin' Cane
Tennessee
"If I die in Tennessee"
White Dove
Virginia
"In the deep rolling hills of old Virginia"
Twisted Laurel
Blue Ridge
Coal Country
Charleston, WV
New River, WV
"Just across the blue ridge, where the high meadows lay"
The Bluegrass Widow
Appalachia
Texas
College Station, TX
Crockett, TX
Knoxville, TN
"Rather be in some dark holler"
The Great Hank
Philadelphia, PA
Abilene, TX
Houston to Abilene, TX
Cincinnati, OH
Houston, TX
"I saw the great Hank Williams singing on the stage in Philadelphia
Pennsylvania"
Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas (feat. Brian Duckworth & Mark Patterson) [Live]
Dumas, TX
"Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas"
GOAT Standings
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Region: Upper Gulf Coast / Houston Area
Conference: Texas
Regional Rank: #28
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Connected Places
Houston, TX
Abilene, TX
Agua Dulce, TX
Albuquerque, NM
Amarillo, TX
Anaheim, CA
Annapolis, MD
Boston, MA
Charlotte, NC
Corpus Christi, TX
Fort Smith, AR
Fredericksburg, TX
Hallettsville, TX
Harlingen, TX
Hollywood, CA
Idalou, TX
LaSalle Hotel, TX
Memphis, TN
Miami Beach, FL
Monterey, CA
Nacogdoches, TX
New Braunfels, TX
New Deal, TX
New Orleans, LA
Plainview, TX
Richmond, KY
Salt Lake City, UT
San Joaquin, CA
San Jose, CA
Santa Cruz, CA
Silver City, NM
Sonora, CA
Sonora, TX
Tupelo, MS
Wichita, KS
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