Category: Songs

Songs About New Mexico: Point Me In The Direction Of Albuquerque

written by Tony Romeo, performed by The Partridge Family (1970)

The Partridge Family Album is The Partridge Family’s first album. It was released in 1970 and included their first hit, “I Think I Love You,” also written by Romeo, which went platinum. The album reached #4 in the U.S. on the Billboard album chart and #6 in neighboring Canada on the RPM 100 national album chart. A few of the songs on the album feature a choral pop sound by people who were the original voices of The Partridge Family before it was discovered that David Cassidy could sing. All tracks from the album were featured in first season episodes of the TV show.

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Duration: 3:51

Genre: Pop music, Contemporary Pop

source: wikipedia

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Songs About New Mexico: Santa-Fe

written and performed by Bob Dylan (1967)

“Santa-Fe” is a song that was recorded by Bob Dylan and the Band in the summer or fall of 1967 in the Woodstock area of New York State. It was recorded during the sessions that would in 1975 be released on The Basement Tapes but was not included on that album. These sessions took place in three phases throughout the year, at a trio of houses, and “Santa-Fe” was likely put on tape in the second of these, at a home of some of the Band members, known as Big Pink. The composition, which has been characterized as a “nonsense” song, was copyrighted in 1973 with lyrics that differ noticeably from those on the recording itself.

Above: Cover of Santa-Fe by The Nonplussed recorded during their 2013 Kitchen Sessions in Cambridge, MA.

Lyrics

Santa-Fe,
Dear, dear, dear, dear, dear Santa-Fe,
My woman needs it ev’ryday,
She promised this a-lad she’d stay,
She’s rollin’ up a lotta bread
To toss away.
She’s in Santa-Fe,
Dear, dear, dear, dear, dear Santa-Fe
Now she’s opened up an old maid’s home,
She’s proud, but she needs to roam,
She’s gonna write herself a roadside poem,
About Santa-Fe.

Santa-Fe,
Dear, dear, dear, dear Santa-Fe.
Since I’m never gonna cease to roam,
I’m never, ever far from home,
But I’ll build a geodesic dome
And sail away.
Don’t feel bad.
No, no, no, no, don’t feel bad
It’s the best food I’ve ever had.
Makes me feel so glad
That she’s cooking in a home-made pad
She never caught a cold so bad
When I’m away.

Santa-Fe,
Dear, dear, dear, dear, dear, dear Santa-Fe.
My shrimp boat’s in the bay
I won’t have my nature this way,
And I’m leanin’ on the wheel each day
To drift away
From Santa-Fe,
Dear, dear, dear, dear, dear Santa-Fe.
My sister looks good at home,
She’s lickin’ on an ice cream cone,
She’s packin’ her big white comb,
What does it weigh?

Songs About New Mexico: (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66

written by Bobby Troup (1946)

“Route 66” (originally recorded as “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66“) is a popular rhythm and blues standard, composed in 1946 by American songwriter Bobby Troup. The song uses a twelve-bar blues arrangement and the lyrics follow the path of U.S. Route 66 (US 66), which traversed the western two-thirds of the U.S. from Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California.

Nat King Cole, as the King Cole Trio, first recorded the song the same year and it became a hit, appearing on Billboard magazine’s R&B and pop charts. The song was subsequently recorded by many artists including Bing Crosby, Chuck Berry, the Rolling Stones, Them, Asleep at the Wheel, and Depeche Mode.

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Songs About New Mexico: ‘Burque Low Rider

written and performed by Richard Lucero a.k.a. De Luz (2016)

for more info: Richard Lucero aka DE LUZ

Songs About New Mexico: Santa Fe

written by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman, from the musical Newsies (2011)

Winner of the 2012 Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Choreography, NEWSIES has audiences and critics alike calling it, “AN EXHILARATING JOLT OF ENERGY!” (NY Daily News) This inspiring true story about a band of underdogs who stand up to the most powerful men in New York is high-energy explosion of song and dance. It’s a TOP CRITICS’ PICK (New York Magazine, Time Out New York, Entertainment Weekly). A record-breaking phenomenon, NEWSIES was brought to the stage by a winning creative team. Featuring a score by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman, choreography by Christopher Gattelli and a book by Harvey Fierstein, NEWSIES is directed by Jeff Calhoun. NEWSIES North American tour began fall 2014.

Lyrics

Folks, we finally got our headline.
“Newsies Crushed as Bulls Attack”
Crutchie’s calling me,
Dumb crip’s just too damn slow.
Guys are fightin’, bleedin’ fallin’
thanks to good ole’ Captain Jack.
Captain Jack just wants to close his eyes and go.
Let me go.
Far away.
Somewhere they won’t ever find me, and tomorrow won’t remind me of today.
And the city’s finally sleepin’.
And the moon looks old and grey.
I get on a train thats bound for Santa Fe.
And I’m gone.
And I’m done.
No more running. No more lying.
No more fat old man denying me my pay.
Just a moon so big and yellow, it turns night right into day.
Dreams come true. Yeah they do. In Santa Fe.
Where does it say you gotta live and die here?
Where does it say a guy can’t catch a break?
Why should you only take what you’re given?
Why should you spend your whole life living trapped where there ain’t no future.
Even at 17. Breaking your back for someone else’s sake.
If the life don’t seem to suit you, how about a change of scene?
Far from the lousy headlines and the deadlines in between.
Santa Fe, my old friend.
I can’t spend my whole life dreaming.
Though I know thats all I seem inclined to do.
I ain’t getting any younger.
And I wanna start brand new.
I need space. And fresh air.
Let ’em laugh in my face. I don’t care.
Save my place. I’ll be there.

Just be real is all I’m asking.
Not some painting in my head.
Cause I’m dead if I can’t count on you today.
I got nothing if I ain’t got Santa Fe.

read more: Newsies-Original Broadway Cast – Santa Fe Lyrics | MetroLyrics

for more info: Disney’s Newsies The Musical

source: YouTube