Travelin' Thru

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"Travelin' Thru" is a 2005 song written and performed by Dolly Parton and used in the road movie Transamerica.

In 2006, the song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song. During the 78th Academy Awards broadcast of March 5, 2006, Parton performed "Travelin' Thru" live on stage. The award went to "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" by Paul Beauregard, Jordan Houston, and Cedric Coleman.

The song was also nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Original Song and for the Broadcast Film Critics Association for Best Song, though it won neither award. According to the New York Times website, "Travelin' Thru" won for best original song at the Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2005.

On April 1st, 2008, Season 7 contestant Jason Castro, 21, performed "Travelin' Thru" on American Idol for "Dolly Parton Week."

[edit] Song Overview

This Gospel music inspired song is about a journey on the road to find home and identity. Parton references "The Wayfaring Stranger (song)" and "I Am a Pilgrim", both examples of American folk music about the search for identity on the road. Parton said she wrote the song because of her status as an outsider and her belief that "It's all right to be who you are."^[1] She wrote the song on her tour bus in one day.