“London Homesick Blues” - Gary P. Nunn (1973)
For decades this was the iconic “Austin City Limits” theme song; written when Nunn was homesick for the city's counterculture scene.

“Dublin Blues” - Guy Clark (1995)
Opens with “I wish I was in Austin in the Chili Parlor Bar, drinking Mad Dog margaritas.” Nuff said.

“Bottom of the World” – Alejandro Escovedo (2012)
“Austin’s changed, it’s true / Show me why it hasn’t.”

“Austin Night” – Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash (2005)
Ah, the moonlit Colorado. To losing your heart in the heat of an Austin night.

“Designs on You” - Old 97's (2001)
A love song at the corner of Sixth and How to Forget.

“My Hometown” – Charlie Robison (1998)
Sure, it’s about Bandera. But it namechecks Austin, where Robison lived for a time. Still, it’ll make you want to go to Bandera.

“Horseshoe Lounge” - Slaid Cleaves (2000)
Tar-stained heartache (back when you could smoke) at one of Austin's legendary dive bars.

“Feels Like Rain” - Shinyribs (2015)
Kevin Russell is funked up about finding an angel's face in Austin.

“Travis County” - Gary Clark Jr. (2012)
Rockin’ about an arrest in his younger days: “Travis County took my picture / But no, I didn't smile.”

“A-Town Blues” - Wayne “The Train” Hancock (2001)
A hillbilly boogie about missing Austin while on the road.

“Dime Store Cowgirl” - Kacey Musgraves (2015)
Stay true to your roots.

“Alleys of Austin” - Michael Martin Murphey (1973)
Is there a line between Austin and heaven? “The bricks and the bottles and the mongrels / Are trying to make sense out of it all.”

“Nights of Austin” - Shane Smith & The Saints (2013)
Will make you want to wander around town.

“Sweet Tequila Blues” - Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez (2002)
A country duet featuring the refrain “get me back to Austin, oh damn, I miss that town.”

“Lucifer on the Sofa” - Spoon (2022)
Britt Daniel roamed Austin’s empty streets during the pandemic. This song namechecks Lavaca St., grackles and even Dale Watson.

“Just Outside of Austin” - Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real (2017)
Willie’s son singing about the simple life with lines about sitting at home, riding horses and writing songs.

“Snake Farm” - Ray Wylie Hubbard (2006)
Yup, it’s a real roadside attraction down the road from Austin. “It just sounds nasty,” Hubbard sings. “Pretty much is.”

“Multi-Love” - Unknown Mortal Orchestra (2015)
Features the memorable line—listen for it—“she wants to bury me in Austin, under Uchiko” (the famous Japanese restaurant).

“Back to Austin” - Jamestown Revival (2016)
From the City of Lost Angels, with love.

“Devil Town” - Bright Eyes (covering Daniel Johnston) (2004)
Bright Eyes covered “Devil Town” because of Conor Oberst's deep admiration and personal connection to Johnston's artistic purity and emotional honesty.

“I Can't Go Back to Austin” - Doug Sahm (1984)
Sounds like Sir Doug got into some trouble at the Soap Creek Saloon.

“Drunken Angel” – Lucinda Williams (1998)
Her tribute to singer-songwriter Blaze Foley, shot and killed in Austin in 1989.

 Austin (Boots Stop Workin’)” - Dasha (2023)
She’s back in Los Angeles. He’s “drunk, washed up in Austin.”

“Austin City” – Zoumountchi (2024)
“In the middle of Texas, there is a city!”

 “Sunday Morning Coming Down” – Kris Kristofferson (1969)
The poetry resident in an epic hangover. “I’d smoked my brain the night before / On cigarettes and songs that I’d been pickin’”