California, Oklahoma
And all of the places I ain’t ever been to
But down in the valley
With whiskey rivers
These are the places you will find me hidin’
These are the places I will always go
I am on my way
I am on my way back to where I started
— The Head and the Heart, “Down in the Valley”
I would like to go to Canada
I have never been there before
All of the travel that I have done
I don’t know what I am looking for
—Nadia Reid, “Oh, Canada”
Mais s’est-elle enfuit?
Où s’est-elle enfuit?
Où est-elle
— SYML feat. Lily Kershaw, “Where’s My Love – Duet”
I’m so tired, I’m so tired.
I wish I was the moon tonight.
— Neko Case, “I Wish I Was the Moon”
But you better tell your loved ones that you love them,
says the man beside the fence down at the park.
And I drove across this country to the bottom.
It’s beautiful, but man, it broke my heart.
– “Slow Motion,” Anna Tivel
What do you say, what do you say?
We find a place
Make it our own, make it our own.
– Iko, “Find a place”
Nothing speaks to you
save the oldest things you own
and the neighbors, up to no good
know no custom, heed no gulf:
palms new in the pavement where your name once was
they see nothing but your careful garden
I left behind a place that I called home.
Am I doomed to forever roam?
Bird, Wandering 