Songs that tell a story
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k beaten to it! Belter though Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi
He was a boy, she was a girl, can I make it any more obvious?...
Possibly still in the process of being made into a movie https://www.altpress.com/avril-lavigne-sk8r-boi-mo...
He was a boy, she was a girl, can I make it any more obvious?...
Possibly still in the process of being made into a movie https://www.altpress.com/avril-lavigne-sk8r-boi-mo...
I don't know about a 'story', but how about 'predictions'? Hit the top of the charts in '69.
In the year 2525
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They may find
In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies
Everything you think, do, and say
Is in the pill you took today
In the year 4545
Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to chew
Nobody's gonna look at you
In the year 5555
Your arms are hanging limp at your sides
Your legs got nothing to do
Some machine's doing that for you
In the year 6565
Ain't gonna need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
From the bottom of a long glass tube, whoa, whoa
In the year 7510
If God's a-comin' he ought to make it by then
Maybe he'll look around himself and say
Guess it's time for the Judgement day
In the year 8510
God is gonna shake his mighty head
He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been
Or tear it down and start again, whoa, whoa
In the year 9595
I'm kinda wondering if man is gonna be alive
He's taken everything this old earth can give
And he ain't put back nothing, whoa, whoa
Now it's been 10, 000 years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what he never knew
Now man's reign is through
But through eternal night
The twinkling of starlight
So very far away
Maybe it's only yesterday
In the year 2525
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They may thrive
In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth...
In the year 2525
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They may find
In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies
Everything you think, do, and say
Is in the pill you took today
In the year 4545
Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to chew
Nobody's gonna look at you
In the year 5555
Your arms are hanging limp at your sides
Your legs got nothing to do
Some machine's doing that for you
In the year 6565
Ain't gonna need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
From the bottom of a long glass tube, whoa, whoa
In the year 7510
If God's a-comin' he ought to make it by then
Maybe he'll look around himself and say
Guess it's time for the Judgement day
In the year 8510
God is gonna shake his mighty head
He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been
Or tear it down and start again, whoa, whoa
In the year 9595
I'm kinda wondering if man is gonna be alive
He's taken everything this old earth can give
And he ain't put back nothing, whoa, whoa
Now it's been 10, 000 years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what he never knew
Now man's reign is through
But through eternal night
The twinkling of starlight
So very far away
Maybe it's only yesterday
In the year 2525
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They may thrive
In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth...
omniflow said:
Jonny Was - Stiff Little Fingers
One of my very favourite covers 
Oft overlooked (KB the lead singer a bit marmite) but Spear Of Destiny with flute and strings, Mickey tells a story (clunky lyrics aside) that I still appreciate.
https://youtu.be/GRFEkwoDwdM
Lovely little short story from10,000 Maniacs (Natalie Marchant) - Verdi Cries.
https://youtu.be/a8m-DaMM4z0
Rush produced many songs with a proper narrative, but given its PH, Red Barchetta.
https://youtu.be/FAvQSkK8Z8U
Ren - Hi Ren. Autobiographic, him talking to the 'demon on his shoulder'.
Ren - The Tale of Jenny and Screech. 3 songs together in this, Jenny's Tale, Screech's Tale and Violet's Tale.
(NSFW for language, Ren has a medical record as long as your arm including Lyme disease, depression and psychosis)
Ren - The Tale of Jenny and Screech. 3 songs together in this, Jenny's Tale, Screech's Tale and Violet's Tale.
(NSFW for language, Ren has a medical record as long as your arm including Lyme disease, depression and psychosis)
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