Songs that mentions a Country, City or Continent

[RedAngie]

 

[low-key]

My City was Gone- The Pretenders

"I went back to Ohio, and my city was gone..."

Akron is part of United States, lol but since its my city, you get 2 points for it

 

[kellyjeanie]

Rio - Duran Duran

 

[Adipoo]

"Done With Bonaparte" Mark Knopfler

We've paid in hell since Moscow burned
As Cossacks tear us piece by piece
Our dead are strewn a hundred leagues
Though death would be a sweet release
And our grande arm?e is dressed in rags
A frozen starving beggar band
Like rats we steal each other's scraps
Fall to fighting hand to hand

Save my soul from evil, Lord
And heal this soldier's heart
I'll trust in thee to keep me, Lord
I'm done with Bonaparte

What dreams he made for us to dream
Spanish skies, Egyptian sands
The world was ours, we marched upon
Our little Corporal's command
And I lost an eye at Austerlitz
The sabre slash yet gives me pain
My one true love awaits me still
The flower of the aquitaine

Save my soul from evil, Lord
And heal this soldier's heart
I'll trust in thee to keep me, Lord
I'm done with Bonaparte

I pray for her who prays for me
A safe return to my belle France
We prayed these wars would end all wars
In war we know is no romance
And I pray our child will never see
A little Corporal again
Point toward a foreign shore
Captivate the hearts of men

Save my soul from evil, Lord
And heal this soldier's heart
I'll trust in thee to keep me, Lord
I'm done with Bonaparte

 

[Gorechick]

"Panic on the streets of London, panic on the streets of Birmingham"

 

[jevs]

Dancing in the street - Bowie/jagger

 

[kellyjeanie]

Back In The U.S.S.R. - The Beatles

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

I was standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
ok, I jumped the gun! (edit)
Take it Easy-EAGLES

High Kings- The Rocky Road to Dublin

 

[kellyjeanie]

Khe Sanh - Cold Chisel

That reminds me of this -

Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen

Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
End up like a dog that's been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up

Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A.

Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man

Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A.

Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man said "son if it was up to me"
Went down to see my V.A. man
He said "son, don't you understand"

I had a brother at Khe Sahn
Fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone

He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now

 

[Maistre Gracey]

Young Lust

Pink Floyd

 

[porschegrl]

Radio Free Europe, by R.E.M.

 

[Maistre Gracey]

America the Beautiful

 

[kellyjeanie]

Southern Cross - CS&N

Got out of town on a boat goin' to Southern islands
Sailing a reach before a followin' sea
She was makin' for the trades on the outside
And the downhill run to Papeete

Off the wind on this heading lie the Marquesas
We got eighty feet of the waterline nicely making way
In a noisy bar in Avalon I tried to call you
But on a midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away

Think about
Think about how many times I have fallen
Spirits are using me larger voices callin'
What Heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten

 

[jevs]

Advance Australia Fair.

 

[Gorechick]

 

[Maistre Gracey]

New York, New York

Frank Sinatra

 

[kellyjeanie]

Beds are Burning - Midnight Oil

Out where the river broke
The bloodwood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty five degrees

The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share

The time has come
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
Let's give it back

How can we dance
When our earth is turning
How do we sleep
While our beds are burning

The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
Now to pay our share

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

 

[kellyjeanie]

Istanbul - They Might Be Giants

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night

 

[porschegrl]

Istanbul (not Constantinople), originally by The Four Lads (I had to look that up---I'm of the They Might Be Giants generation)

 

[Gorechick]