Songs with different/odd stories

Just about every song written by Stan Rogers.

White Squall - about a seaman haunted by his inability to prevent a shipmate from being washed overboard.

Song of the Candle - about a night spent trying unsuccessfully trying to write a song.

The Mary Ellen Carter - unemployed seamen salvaging a sunken ship.

Second Effort - an Olympic athlete torn up because he didn’t win 1st place.

Barrett’s Privateers - the last survivor of a privateer in the war of 1812.

And many, many others.

Slaid Cleaves has a great one - Breakfast in Hell - a true story about a lumberman killed on the job.

Couldn’t edit this, but Captain Torres is about sailors facing death at sea, not sea at sea…

How 'bout Dixie Chicks, *Goodbye Earl.
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Turned out Earl was a missing person that nobody missed at all. I fucking love that line.

Well, there’s dispute about the doggy dinner. Some sources (according to her Wikipedia article) think that the dog nipped at in an attempt to wake her up, instead of actually eating her.

Wasn’t much of a music fan as a kid (because I was raised on, well, drivel). Until I found a Kingston Trio album… almost nothing but great stories!

Charlie who can’t get off the MTA, and why they’re writing from the Tijuana Jail. And a lot of other characters like Tom Dooley, and historical stories: The Sinking of the Reuben James (Woody Guthrie wrote that), and Roddy McCorley marching to his death.

They even started The Unfortunate Miss Bailey with historical background (and explaining the drink involved): “In seventeen forty-two, it was customary in the township of Halifax, for a gentleman to partake occasionally of Rrrrratafia, which was…”

Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe.

THREAD OVER!

Seriously…what the fuck? And how am I the first person to mention this?