50 Best Country Songs About Running Away

Best Country Running Away Songs

There’s a restless kind of energy that shows up when people talk about running. Not jogging or sprinting, but the kind of running that takes you out of town before you even know what’s packed in the bag. It’s half impulse, half survival. Country music has lived in that space for decades, circling escape like a habit. Some tracks lean into open highways, some into heartbreak, and others wander closer to self-preservation. And like plenty of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs, the point doesn’t always sit in the literal picture—it’s the feeling that counts.

That urge doesn’t have a clean look. It can sound like steel guitars bending around regret or fiddle lines running hot with adrenaline. Some singers sound reckless, some sound desperate, and some sound like they’re trying to convince themselves they’ve made peace with leaving. The common thread is that raw, jittery pulse, the kind that hits at two in the morning when you’re staring out of a bus window or watching taillights fade in the rearview. Tracks slip between freedom and fear without smoothing the edges, because the edges are the whole point.

And not every runaway track maps a straight line out of town. Some build entire worlds around the metaphor, using travel and motion as stand-ins for messy choices and unfinished chapters. Others tell it flat, no fuss, no disguise. It’s rarely polished, which is what makes it so real. These are the country tracks that catch that restless spark and let it burn long enough to soundtrack your own headspace. Here are the best country songs for running away.

1. 'Goodbye Earl' by The Chicks

2. 'I'm Movin' On' by Rascal Flatts

3. 'Break Up in a Small Town' by Sam Hunt

4. 'Fast Car' by Tracy Chapman

5. 'On the Road Again' by Willie Nelson

6. 'Runaway' by Gary Allan

7. 'The House That Built Me' by Miranda Lambert

8. 'Life is a Highway' by Rascal Flatts

9. 'Take the Money and Run' by Steve Miller Band

10. 'The Road Goes on Forever' by Robert Earl Keen

11. 'I Ain't Living Long Like This' by Waylon Jennings

12. 'A Little Past Little Rock' by Lee Ann Womack

13. 'Nothin' But the Wheel' by Patty Loveless

14. 'Traveler' by Chris Stapleton

15. 'She's Leaving' by Charlie Worsham

16. 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' by The Charlie Daniels Band

17. 'King of the Road' by Roger Miller

18. 'I've Been Everywhere' by Johnny Cash

19. 'Runaway Train' by Soul Asylum

20. 'Somethin' Bad' by Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood

21. 'Mama, I'm Coming Home' by Ozzy Osbourne

22. 'Long, Long Way to Go' by The Chicks

23. 'Somewhere Only We Know' by Keane

24. 'Getaway Car' by Taylor Swift

25. 'Born to Run' by Bruce Springsteen

26. 'I'm Not Lisa' by Jessi Colter

27. 'The Road Less Traveled' by Lauren Alaina

28. 'Ramblin' Man' by The Allman Brothers Band

29. 'Hometown Glory' by Adele

30. 'The Gambler' by Kenny Rogers

31. 'Wanted Dead or Alive' by Bon Jovi

32. 'No Place That Far' by Sara Evans

33. 'Where the Green Grass Grows' by Tim McGraw

34. 'Hit the Road Jack' by Ray Charles

35. 'Leaving on a Jet Plane' by John Denver

36. 'Jackson' by Johnny Cash and June Carter

37. 'Me and Bobby McGee' by Kris Kristofferson

38. 'Run' by George Strait

39. 'My Home's in Alabama' by Alabama

40. 'I Can't Stop Loving You' by Ray Charles

41. 'Amarillo By Morning' by George Strait

42. 'Goodbye Takes the Wheel' by Trisha Yearwood

43. 'Back Where I Come From' by Kenny Chesney

44. 'Wagon Wheel' by Old Crow Medicine Show

45. 'The Weight' by The Band

46. 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' by John Denver

47. 'The Long Way Home' by The Dixie Chicks

48. 'The Cowboy Rides Away' by George Strait

49. 'Travelin' Soldier' by The Chicks

50. 'I Drive Your Truck' by Lee Brice