*greyhound bus – moldy peaches
*train from kansas city – shangri-las
*bus rider blues – blind boy fuller
*take the a train — duke ellington/ella fitzgerald
*kiss me on the bus — the replacements
*down in the tube station at midnight — the jam
*the metro – berlin
*bus stop — the hollies
*does this bus stop at 82nd street? – bruce springstein
*magic bus – the who
*don’t sleep in the subway — petula clark
*waiting for the bus – violent femmes
*subway train – new york dolls
*down in the subway – soft cell
*subway – jesus and mary chain

“When you’re alone and life is making you lonely
You can always go – downtown
When you’ve got worries, all the noise and the hurry
Seems to help, I know – downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty
How can you lose?

The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downtown, things’ll be great when you’re
Downtown – no finer place, for sure
Downtown – everything’s waiting for you”

Also from Sesame Street, a song about the subway. Pretty much its the New York City MTA Subway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKSxUYk6nRg

You got the mother and her kids,
You got the guy and his date.
We all get mad,
We all get late.
Looks like somebody forgot about us,
Standing on the corner waiting for a bus.

Say, “hey mr. driverman…don’t be slow,
’cause i got somewhere i gotta go.”
Say, “hey mr. driverman…drive that thing fast,
My precious time keeps slippin’ past.

Let’s call the mayor,
Let’s complain.
It look’s like the city’s done it to us again.
Tied up in traffic – what do ya’ know?
The damn city bus moves so slow.

I sang this to my kid, and she liked it.

“Well we’re movin’ on up
To the east side
To a de-luxe apartment in the sky-y-y
Mo-ovin’ on up
To the east side
We finally got a piece of the pie . . .”