Musical lyrics have the power to transport the listener anywhere. This month in honor of Mystery Month, I’ve selected locations that are song titles to give you the opportunity to play “musical” detective.
After searching multiples decades and musical genres, twenty-five songs made my list.
Can you match these location titles to the artist or band and a sample of the lyrics in that song? Each clue is a lyric from the song. It’s okay to sing along if it helps you figure out the title.
I hope some of these songs bring back happy memories and inspire you to go on your own musical mystery tour.
Answers can be found in the last article of this issue, “Next Month in This Awful Awesome Life – June 2025. Keep reading your way through this issue or you can use this link to jump to the answers,
Song Titles:
“Thunder Road” “Grey Street”
“Penny Lane” “Johannesburg”
“Sullivan Street” “2120 South Michigan Avenue”
“Amsterdam” “Walking in Memphis”
“442 Glenwood Avenue” “23A Swan Hill”
“Nutbush City Limits” “No.10 Downing Street”
“127 Rose Avenue” “I’m Shipping Up to Boston”
“Solsbury Hill” “22 Acacia Avenue”
“157 Riverside Avenue” “Sunset Strip”
“London Calling” “Across 110th Street”
“Graceland” “Beverly Hills”
“13 Chester Street” “Istanbul”
“For Baltimore”
1. All Time Low: “I don’t want to say goodnight; the city comes to life when we’re together.” __________________________
2. Guster: “Are you getting somewhere? Or did you get lost in _____________________.”
3. Peter Gabriel: “’Son,” he said. ‘Grab your things, I’ve come to take you home.’” _______________________
4. Counting Crows: “I’m just another rider burned to the ground. I’m almost drowning in her sea. She’s nearly crawling on her knees.” ________________________
5. REO Speedwagon: “Tried Bridgeport and Westport, ‘til we found a place that we thought would do.” _____________________________________
6. Bruce Springsteen: “Oh, come take my hand, we’re riding out tonight to case the promised land.” ____________________________
7. The Rolling Stones: “I said the joint was a rocking goin’ round and round. Yeah reeling and a rocking. What a crazy sound.” _____________________________
8. The Clash: “We ain’t got no swing except for the ring of that truncheon thing.” ______________________________
9. The Beatles: “There is a barber showing photographs.” _____________________________
10. Hank Williams, Jr. “There’s a sad eyed boy with his guitar cuttin’ his teeth on the blues.” ________________________________
11. The Pixies Three: “Goofy Eddie’s gonna bring his ukulele . Groovy Freddie’s going to dance all night with Sherry.” _________________________________
12. Dave Matthews Band: “I dream myself a thousand times around the world, but I can’t get out of this place.” _________________________
13. Iron Maiden: “The red light’s burning bright tonight.” ___________________________
14. Marc Cohen (also covered by Cher and Lonestar): “Saw the ghost of Elvis walking on Union Avenue. Followed him up to the gates of Graceland.” ______________________________
15. Weezer: “Take my picture by the pool ‘cause I’m the next big thing in ___________________________.”
16. Paul Simon: “For reasons I cannot explain, there’s some part of me wants to see _____________________.”
17. Dropkick Murphys: “I’m a sailor peg.” _____________________________________________________
18. Ike and Tina Turner: “On Highway Number 19 the people keep the city clean.” _____________________________
19. Gil Scott-Heron: “Freedom ain’t nothing but a word, ain’t nothing.” ________________________
20. Ian Hunter: “You’d be a ruin if looks could kill.” _________________________
21. The Pretty Things: “I love you pretty baby.” ____________________________
22. The Troggs: “That’s where all the rues are made concerning you and me.” _________________________________
23. Bobby Womack: “Take my advice it’s either live or die. You’ve got to be strong if you want to survive.” __________________________________
24. Morrissey: “From dawn to dusk the hunt is on. The father searches for the son.” __________________________
25. The Riptides: “All my friends had told me you were someone else’s darling.” _____________________________