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Songs about Home and Houses

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Songs about your house, missing home, leaving home, remodeling and home building

We're here to think about home. We love it, we leave it and we go back to it. So many songs are written about home.

Home is used as metaphor for different things in poetry and song. Here, I'm also looking at songs about houses that would be fun to listen to as you remodel. Know any songs about tools? Songs to demo by? The Drywall Boogie? Poetic license is taken with the interpretation of some of these tunes.

There are so many songs that might go on a list like this. Here are just some of them. Maybe you're fixing up a house or moving. Maybe it's holiday-time, you're homesick, an empty nester or just getting into the real estate market. I hope you enjoy these songs and they bring back memories.

There are lists of songs and you can listen to audio clips of several of them right here on this page. More will be added. Take a listen. If you like, you can click to buy them to download from Amazon.

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Contents at a Glance

  1. * Our House *
  2. Come On-A My House : Rosemary Clooney
  3. The House Song : Peter, Paul & Mary
  4. Home (Beauty and The Beast) : Susan Egan
  5. Our House : Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
  6. Animal House : Stephen Bishop
  7. Little Boxes & Little Boxes Introduction : Malvina Reynolds
  8. The house I live in
  9. * Returning Home *
  10. Songs about Returning Home
  11. I'm Going Home : Arlo Guthrie
  12. My pony knows the way : Tom Paxton
  13. Sweet Home Alabama : Lynyrd Skynyrd
  14. * Remodeling *
  15. Kitchen Songs
  16. This Old Town : Nanci Griffith
  17. * Real Estate *
  18. A House in California : Keb' Mo'
  19. Yuppies in the Sky : Tom Paxton
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  21. * Moving *
  22. Moving Day : Chris Titchner
  23. * Relationship *
  24. Home to me is anywhere you are : Tom Paxton
  25. Honey I'm Home : Shania Twain
  26. In The House MP3s
  27. * Holiday *
  28. * Leaving Home *
  29. Losing Home : Having No Home
  30. What others can you think of?

* Our House *

It's our house...

Come On-A My House : Rosemary Clooney

Come On-A My House

The House Song : Peter, Paul & Mary

The House Song

Home (Beauty and The Beast) : Susan Egan

from Beauty and The Beast

Our House : Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Our House

Animal House : Stephen Bishop

Animal House

Little Boxes & Little Boxes Introduction : Malvina Reynolds

Little Boxes on the hillside....

The house I live in

Frank Sinatra

The house I live in

* Returning Home *

Songs about Returning Home

Homeward Bound : Simon And Garfunkel
My Pony Knows The Way Back Home
I'm Going Home (LP Version) Arlo Guthrie
Sweet Home Alabama : Lynyrd Skynyrd
Home Again : Carole King
Take Me Home, Country Roads (Digitally Remastered) : John Denver
Going Home (Theme Of "Local Hero") (Album Version) : Mark Knopfler
West Virginia My Home : Hazel Dickens
My Old Kentucky Home : Johnny Cash
500 Miles : Peter, Paul & Mary
Home On The Range : Gene Autry
Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home : Pearl Bailey
California (Remastered LP Version) : Joni Mitchell
Our Town (Album Version) : Iris DeMent
Back Home Again : John Denver
My Little Town : Paul Simon with Art Garfunkel
My Hometown : Bruce Springsteen
Do You Know The Way To San Jose (LP Version) : Dionne Warwick
All Dressed Up (With Nowhere To Go) : Reba McEntire
Homebound Train : Tom Paxton
When Johnny Comes Marching Home : The United States Military Academy Band
How Will I Find My Home (A Song About Traveling) : Kidzup
New York's Not My Home : Jim Croce
Trying To Get Home : David Bromberg

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Returning / Reminiscing About / Away From Home

~ The long and winding road : The Beatles

I'm Going Home : Arlo Guthrie

I'm Going Home

My pony knows the way : Tom Paxton

My pony knows the way back home...

Sweet Home Alabama : Lynyrd Skynyrd

Sweet Home Alabama

* Remodeling *

Building / Remodeling Songs

Working around the house, Cleaning, Gardening

~ Fixing a Hole : The Beatles (music to spackle by?)
~ Grow for me : Little Shop of Horrors soundtrack

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This Old Town (LP Version)

This Old Town (LP Version)

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Kitchen Songs

This Old Town : Nanci Griffith

This Old Town

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* Real Estate *

Real Estate : Buying a House

A House in California : Keb' Mo'

A House in California

Yuppies in the Sky : Tom Paxton

"Condos for sale...."

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* Moving *

Moving

Moving Day : Chris Titchner

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Moving Day

* Relationship *

Love / Relationship Songs ....

~ Front Porch : John Hartford
~ Cat, You Better Come Home : Garrison Keillor

Home to me is anywhere you are : Tom Paxton

Home to me is anywhere you are

Honey I'm Home : Shania Twain

Honey I'm Home

In The House MP3s

Take a listen. If you like, you can click to buy them to download from Amazon.

* Holiday *

Holiday Home Songs

~ Driving Home for Christmas : Chris Rea
~ Home for Christmas : Kate Bush
~ I'll be home with bells on : Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers

I'll be home with bells on : Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers

Holiday

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* Leaving Home *

Leaving Home

~ She's Leaving Home : The Beatles

Losing Home : Having No Home

What others can you think of?

  • emmakeynes Mar 13, 2012 @ 4:06 pm | delete
    Good choices.
  • hughgrissettsr Nov 10, 2011 @ 7:40 am | delete
    excellent lens! 2 of my favorites are muddy waters's MY HOME IS IN THE DELTA, and charlie rich's FEEL LIKE GOING HOME.
  • PaulOnBooks Apr 1, 2011 @ 9:14 am | delete
    Novel themes and great selections. Angel blessed.
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