“A Quick One While He’s Away” by The Who (though it’s more of a suite than a song, even though it’s listed as a single song)
“Tonya’s Twirls” by Loudon Wainwright III
Why just two?
Alice’s Restaurant, natch
30,000 Pounds of Bananas, Harry Chapin
Hot Rod Lincoln, Bill Kirchen’s live version is my favorite
Travelin’ Man, as performed by Doc Watson
Folsom Prison Blues, Johnny Cash
Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, the Beatles
Ditto.
Also American Pie.
Oh man…How could I forget about Alice Donuts “Lisa’s Father (Waka Baby)” which is even better than a story, its a Chick Tract!
Hey Joe Jimi Hendrix
Rael The Who
Phenomenal Cat The Kinks
Frank’s Wild Years Tom Waits
Dan Fogelberg’s “Another Auld Lang Syne”
Beatles, “Day in the Life”
Chapin’s “Taxi”
Gordon Lightfoot’s “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”
Arlo (Woody?) Guthrie’s “Riding on the City of New Orleans” (is that the title?)
A few new ones to consider:
Jaime Brockett - “Legend of the USS Titanic”
The Shangri-Las - “Leader of the Pack”
Traffic - “John Barleycorn Must Die”
Barenaked Ladies - “If I Had $1000000”
Al Stewart - “Roads to Moscow”
“Same Old Lang Syne” - I’m glad I’m not the only person who likes this one.
“City of New Orleans” is the title of the other one.
Thanks. I am terrible with song titles and celeb names… :smack:
One more:
The Train from Kansas City The Shangri-Las
I’m done, g’nite.
I wonder if anyone outside my neck of the woods has ever heard “Ballad of Spider John,” by the excellent Willis Alan Ramsey. If not, seek it out. Like almost everything Willis Alan has recorded, it’s pure perfection of its kind.
“And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda,” while not something I can stand to listen to very often (the wracked-with-sobs look is “out” for this season, I fear), is probably my favorite.
“Fairytale of New York,” by the Pogues and that lovely female vocalist whose name escapes me.
“Walking in Memphis,” of which I like the Cher version best, and of course a few dance classics:
“Shut Down,” by the Beach Boys
“Jailhouse Rock,” by Elvis Presley
“Centerfold,” by the J. Geils Band.
Updated? Is it no longer just a half mile from the railroad track?
Maybe now you can get anything you want, including Alice?
Tam Lin - Fairport Convention
Allison Gross - Steeleye Span
Ocean Gypsy - Renaissance
The Highwayman - the Phil Ochs version
The Gallery - Joni Mitchell
A Thanksgiving morning tradition here at the 'addi house.
You know, if three people post it…can you imagine, three people logging on and posting Alice’s Restaurant and logging out. They may think it’s an organization. 
I’ll go with The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, too. It always gets me teary.
And for something different; The Highwayman, Loreena McKennitt
Hijo de la Luna, Mecano
Mortal City, Dar Williams
Albuquerque, “Weird Al” Yankovic
The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota, “Weird Al” Yankovic
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Mystery Science Theater 3000 Theme Song
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Gilligan’s Island Theme Song
Brian McNeill Trains and My Grandfather
Greg Brown Canned Goods
#1: Mr. Tanner ~ Harry Chapin
#2: Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald ~ Gordon Lightfoot
Both men have such amazing story songs, and I also enjoy most of the other ones mentioned here, but those two are definitely my favorites.
Being both a musician and a music lover I’ve listened to a lot of songs over the years, but Mr. Tanner contains the lyrics that I identify with more than any other I’ve heard: “But music was his life, it was not his livelihood / And it made him feel so happy, made him feel so good / And he sang from his heart, and he sang from his soul / He did not know how well he sang, it just made him whole.”