We spend a lot of time out there in the world, learning lessons, making money, saving cats from trees, dodging fast objects, meeting people, and getting our shoes dirty with dirt from all over. And yeah, it’s rewarding as anything. But sometimes — at the end of the day or week or fiscal year, or because it’s Thanksgiving, or your sister’s having a crisis, or you forgot your lunch in the fridge — it’s time to punch out and come home. Music knows this. Here’s a bunch of songs to soundtrack your journey, whether it’s by plane, train, or daydream.
Yellow Brick Road – Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Homeward Bound – Simon & Garfunkel
English House – Fleet Foxes
You Had Time – Ani DiFranco
Home – Glasser
Astronaut – Beach House
Moonlight Mile – The Rolling Stones
Come On Home – Indigo Girls
Bring It On Home – Led Zeppelin
Tennessee Homesick Blues – Dolly Parton
Isis – The White Stripes
Hear My Train A Comin’ – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
I Follow Rivers – Lykke Li
Home – She & Him
Welcome Home – Radical Face
I’m Coming Home Again – Kanye West
Head Home – Midlake
Via Chicago – Wilco
Hometown Glory – Adele
This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody) – Talking Heads
Run Home Slow – The Kills
I’m Going Home – Sacred Harp Singers
Make Your Way Home – Abigail Lapell
From St. Kilda to Fitzroy – Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra
Home – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Wagon Wheel – Old Crow Medicine Show
Tell me your favorite going home tracks below.
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