Musical Monday #72

Welcome to the 72nd edition of Musical Monday, the weekly quiz that Soccer Dad and I alternate hosting. As always, the challenge is to identify the title and artist of each song quote below, as well as the common theme of the entire set of songs.

Just a single theme this week with no sub-groups, though there is an additional commonality among the first 13 on the list. I'll also note that some of the songs fit the theme more literally, some less so.

1. "Any trick in the book now"
2. "There was a gas strike, oil strike"
3. "If you go a million miles away I'll track you down girl"
4. "I'm more than some pretty face beside a train"
5. "Dumb as an ape doing nothing"
6. "Look in the mirror, even with a broken heart I'm fine"
7. "Come on downtown and stay with me tonight"
8. "You stumbled in and bumped your head"
9. "The bowery got its bums"
10. "Been haunted by a million screams"
11. "So look out for those beauties"
12. "It's a nice day to start again"
13. "Might even walk on holy ground"
14. "You would always come running to me"
15. "I'm a hard case that's tough to beat"
16. "Wealth and fame, he's ignored"
17. "Stop the press, who is that?"
18. "With his elephant and gun"
19. "That was due to happen at a quarter to three"
20. "I won't call again, even in a jam"
21. "Three days since the living room"
22. "Or if he moves, will he fall?"
23. "Stand for everyone of us"
24. "I play my music in the sun"
25. "I picked it up and ran to town as happy as a king"
26. "Suddenly I'm up on top of the world"
27. "With orders to identify, to clarify and classify"

Good luck and enjoy!