Favorite songs that tell a story

[driventotheedge]

Another master is charlie daniels.

 

Uneasy rider

 

Devil went down to georgia

 

Legend of wooley swamp

Awesome call. Saw him once and he did the second two. Sadly he no longer does Uneasy Rider due to extremely strong Christian beliefs.

[Rick N. Backer]

Sympathy for the Devil

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Gimme Three Steps

[KenJennings]

So many choices from the Country music world here... but this is one of my lesser known favorites.

 

 

I was just out of the service

Thumbin' through the classifieds

When an ad that said "Old Chevy"

Somehow caught my eye

The lady didn't know the year

Or even if it ran

But I had that thousand dollars in my hand

It was way back in the corner of this old ramshackle barn

With thirty years of dust and dirt on that green army tarp

And when I pulled the cover off

It took away my breath

What she called a Chevy

Was a sixty-six Corvette

And I felt a little guilty as I counted out the bills

But what a thrill I got

When I sat behind the wheel

I opened up the glovebox

And that's when I found the note

The date was 1966 and this is what he wrote

He said "my name is Private Andrew Malone

And if you're readin' this, then I didn't make it home

But for every dream that's shattered

Another one comes true

This car was once a dream of mine

Now it belongs to you

Though you may take her and make her your own

You'll always be riding with Private Malone"

Well it didn't take me long at all

I had her runnin' good

I loved to hear those horses thunder underneath her hood

I had her shinin' like a diamond and I put the rag top down

All the pretty girls would stop and stare as I drove her through town

The buttons on the radio didn't seem to work quite right

But it picked up that Oldie's Show

Especially late at night

sometimes I get the feelin' if I turned real quick I'd see

A soldier ridin' shotgun

In the seat right next to me

He was a young man named Private Andrew Malone

Who fought for his country and never made it home

But for every dream that's shattered

Another one comes true

This car was once a dream of his back when it was new

He told me to take her and make her my own

And I was proud to be riding with Private Malone

One night it was rainin' hard

I took the curve too fast

There's not much I remember about that fiery crash

But someone said they thought they saw a soldier pull me out

They didn't get his name

But I know without a doubt

It was a young man named Private Andrew Malone

Who fought for his country and never made it home

But for every dream that's shattered

Another one comes true

This car was once a dream of his back when it was new

And I know I wouldn't be here if he hadn't tagged along

Oh thank God I was riding with Private Malone

[goose]

Country?

 

Marty Robbins - El Paso

[KenJennings]

Country?

 

Marty Robbins - El Paso

 

Oh, you get into Marty, you get into a whole mess of 'em. Big Iron.

 

Fun fact: Marty Robbins had a notable career as a NASCAR driver with 35 career starts between '66-'82.

Edited April 30, 2019 by KenJennings

[laughedatbytime]

[laughedatbytime]

 

Not necessarily a favorite, but chilling af.

[KenJennings]

A Prog epic story song by Big Big Train called "Judas Unrepentant" tells the fascinating true story of Tom Keating, who cultivated an image as the "Robin Hood of the art world" by defrauding big galleries and dealers with his expert forgeries- many containing hints to the truth of their origin.

 

And just a killer good prog song.

 

 

Venetian expertise

Inspired by Titian

Which he modified

Fine tuned along dutch lines

He's painting revenge

Embittered by lack of success

With signature techniques

Attention to details

And fine tell tale brushstrokes

Of badger and sable

Expressing contempt

For greedy dealers getting rich

At the artist's expense

Infamous forger and restorer

Judas Unrepentant

Branded a charming old lovable rogue

Judas Unrepentant

Hey (Judas Unrepentant)

Hey (Judas!)

His time bombs are in place

And anachronisms

Clues pointing to the truth

If ever they are X-rayed

He wrote legends in lead white

To trick the experts and hoodwink

Hoodwink the trained eye

Infamous forger and restorer

Judas Unrepentant

Branded a charming old lovable rogue

Judas Unrepentant

Hey (Judas Unrepentant)

Hey (Judas Unrepentant)

Establishing provenance

Acquiring old frames with Christies numbers

Then paints a picture in the same style

Specialising in minor works by major artists

All rise

Thirteen watercolours by Samuel Palmer

Have proven to be his undoing

And so he confesses then he is arrested

Charged him with conspiracy to defraud

Years of chain smoking and breathing in fumes

From restorations

The stress of the court case had taken its toll

His trial was halted due to ill health

So now we can all buy

Real genuine fakes

That's posthumous fame

It's always the same

Infamous forger and restorer

Judas Unrepentant

Branded a charming old lovable rogue

Judas Unrepentant

Feeling like Robin Hood, just as good

As Rembrandt or Titian

Hey (Judas Unrepentant)

Hey (Judas Unrepentant)

Judas Unrepentant

Edited April 30, 2019 by KenJennings

[goose]

John Barleycorn

[goose]

Wolf Creek Pass - CW McCall

 

One Piece At A Time, Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash

[laughedatbytime]

There are a lot of good ones here, but I'll tell you one that's not...In the Mood by Rush.

 

Ged's been keeping us in suspense for 45 years now...did the young woman succumb to his considerable charms or not?

[ReRushed]

"Long Black Veil"

[tangy]

Another master is charlie daniels.

 

Uneasy rider

 

Devil went down to georgia

 

Legend of wooley swamp

Awesome call. Saw him once and he did the second two. Sadly he no longer does Uneasy Rider due to extremely strong Christian beliefs.

 

Yeah, old charlie has ended up like green teeth in uneasy rider. Unfortunately

 

I first saw charlie on the windows tour circa 1983?

 

Fun trivia. Charlie played with Bob Dylan back in the day

[tangy]

"Long Black Veil"

 

Great tune. First heard it as cover by john anderson.

[Entre_Perpetuo]

One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer - George Thoroughgood

[driventotheedge]

Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffet Edited April 30, 2019 by driventotheedge

[goose]

Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffet

He Went To Paris

[The Cat 3]

Bob Dylan's "Brownsville Girl"

 

 

Well, there was this movie I seen one time

About a man riding 'cross the desert and it starred Gregory Peck

He was shot down by a hungry kid trying to make a name for himself

The townspeople wanted to crush that kid down and string him up by the neck

 

Well, the marshall, now he beat that kid to a bloody pulp

As the dying gunfighter lay in the sun and gasped for his last breath

Turn him loose, let him go, let him say he outdrew me fair and square

I want him to feel what it's like to every moment face his death

 

Well, I keep seeing this stuff and it just comes a-rolling in

And you know it blows right through me like a ball and chain

You know I can't believe we've lived so long and are still so far apart

The memory of you keeps callin' after me like a rollin' train

 

I can still see the day that you came to me on the painted desert

In your busted down Ford and your platform heels

I could never figure out why you chose that particular place to meet

Ah, but you were right, it was perfect as I got in behind the wheel

 

Well, we drove that car all night into San Anton'

And we slept near the Alamo, your skin was so tender and soft

Way down in Mexico you went out to find a doctor and you never came back

I would have gone on after you but I didn't feel like letting my head get blown off

 

Well, we're drivin' this car and the sun is comin' up over the Rockies

Now I know she ain't you but she's here and she's got that dark rhythm in her soul

But I'm too over the edge and I ain't in the mood anymore

To remember the times when I was your only man

And she don't want to remind me, she knows this car would go out of control

 

Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls

Teeth like pearls shining like the moon above

Brownsville girl, show me all around the world

Brownsville girl, you're my honey love

 

Well, we crossed the panhandle and then we headed towards Amarillo

We pulled up where Henry Porter used to live

He owned a wreckin' lot outside of town about a mile

Ruby was in the backyard hanging clothes, she had her red hair tied back

She saw us come rolling up in a trail of dust

 

She said, Henry ain't here but you can come on in, he'll be back in a little while

Then she told us how times were tough and about how she was thinkin' of

Bummin' a ride back to where she started

But she changed the subject every time money came up

 

She said, welcome to the land of the living dead

You could tell she was so broken-hearted

She said, even the swap meets around here are getting pretty corrupt

How far are y'all going, Ruby asked us with a sigh

 

We're going all the way 'til the wheels fall off and burn

'Til the sun peels the paint and the seat covers fade and the water moccasin dies

Ruby just smiled and said, ah, you know some babies never learn

 

Something about that movie though, well I just can't get it out of my head

But I can't remember why I was in it or what part I was supposed to play

All I remember about it was Gregory Peck and the way people moved

And a lot of them seemed to be lookin' my way

 

Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls

Teeth like pearls shining like the moon above

Brownsville girl, show me all around the world

Brownsville girl, you're my honey love

 

Well, they were looking for somebody with a pompadour

I was crossin' the street when shots rang out

I didn't know whether to duck or to run, so I ran

We got him cornered in the churchyard, I heard somebody shout

 

Well, you saw my picture in the Corpus Christi Tribune

Underneath it, it said, a man with no alibi

You went out on a limb to testify for me, you said I was with you

Then when I saw you break down in front of the judge and cry real tears

It was the best acting I saw anybody do

 

Now I've always been the kind of person that doesn't like to trespass

But sometimes you just find yourself over the line

Oh if there's an original thought out there, I could use it right now

You know, I feel pretty good, but that ain't sayin' much

I could feel a whole lot better

 

If you were just here by my side to show me how

Well, I'm standin' in line in the rain to see a movie starring Gregory Peck

Yeah, but you know it's not the one that I had in mind

He's got a new one out now, I don't even know what it's about

But I'll see him in anything so I'll stand in line

 

Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls

Teeth like pearls shining like the moon above

Brownsville girl, show me all around the world

Brownsville girl, you're my honey love

 

You know, it's funny how things never turn out the way you had 'em planned

The only thing we knew for sure about Henry Porter

Is that his name wasn't Henry Porter

And you know there was somethin' about you baby

That I liked that was always too good for this world

Just like you always said there was something about me you liked

That I left behind in the French Quarter

 

Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections

Than people who are most content

I don't have any regrets, they can talk about me plenty when I'm gone

You always said people don't do what they believe in

They just do what's most convenient, then they repent

 

And I always said, hang on to me, baby, and let's hope that the roof stays on

There was a movie I seen one time, I think I sat through it twice

I don't remember who I was or where I was bound

All I remember about it was it starred Gregory Peck

He wore a gun and he was shot in the back

Seems like a long time ago, long before the stars were torn down

 

Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls

Teeth like pearls shining like the moon above

Brownsville girl, show me all around the world

Brownsville girl, you're my honey love

Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls

Teeth like pearls shining like the moon above

Brownsville girl, show me all around the world

Brownsville girl, you're my honey love

Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls

Teeth like pearls shining like the moon above

 

[tangy]

Beth - kiss

[tangy]

Red army blues- the waterboys

[tangy]

Livin for the city- stevie wonder

[tangy]

The ballad of jed clampett- flats & scruggs

[goose]

Beth - kiss

Yeah.

 

[Rick N. Backer]

Hells Bells - AC/DC

 

Black and Blue - Van Halen

 

Still of the Night - Whitesnake

 

The triumvirate of lyricists right there. :P