He is killed and she decides to die rather than face live capture.Īn unwanted baby begins the sad cycle of poverty against a backdrop of a society unwilling to help.Ī heartbroken man asks the phone operator for help in placing a phone call to his ex-lover and former friend who are now a couple.Ī woman moves her cheating lover out of their home.Īn astronaut is floating in space and feels alienation from the world he left behind.Ī lonely widow employs a teenage field hand and makes a man out of him. On the run from authorities, a Mexican outlaw and his wife find themselves cornered. Her memory haunts a man who loved her.Ī heroic ghost trucker gives a hitch hiker a ride.Īn abused girl tries her best to take care of herself. When a widowed woman is criticized by the PTA for wearing her skirts too short, she points out their hypocrisy.Ī woman who is half-Cherokee and half-Caucasian describes the rejection she felt from both races while growing up.Ī girl dies looking for her treasured pony named Wildfire. She obsessively wants to be with him.Ī man is hopelessly in love with a whimsical, undependable woman.įemale friends conspire to kill another old friend's abusive husband after he beats her badly.Īn abused child tries to cover up what is happening in her apartment by making excuses to a neighbor.Īt a man's funeral, both his mistress and wife arrive in separate black Cadillacs after conspiring to kill him.Ī guy comes to realize that his love relationship is nearing its end, and there's nothing he can do to get it back to good. The daring life stories of a highwayman, a sailor, a dam builder and an astronaut are interconnected as risk takers throughout history.Ī young woman crashes the wedding ceremony of a former boyfriend and asks him to run away with her.Ī woman visits her childhood home where someone else now lives and the memories come flooding back.Ī man chases after the woman who has left him in the cold Kentucky rain.Ī piano man has a dead end job with a local bar but the crowd enjoys him.Ī domestic violence victim decides to lethally strike back once her man gets out of jail.Ī man and a dancer he just met become outlaws and are chased to Mexico.Ī woman named Billie Jean claims that the narrator fathered her child. Referencing many post-WWII cultural events, this song is a commentary on how American culture is headed in the wrong direction morally. Greedy teenagers try to steal the money from an eccentric backwoods loner and become part of a spooky local legend.
The woman who broke his heart drinks herself to death in response. The losing stories of a homeless man, a pregnant teen and a drug dealer urge people not to judge unless they've walked in their shoes.Ī man dies after years of alcoholism he tried to drown his heartbreak. Got a favorite storytelling song that should be on this playlist? Leave us a suggestion in the Comments Section below! Song & Year Released
She's not totally convinced that it will work, but she knows that if they don't make a change they'll wither and die if they don't fly away now. She paints a picture of how she hopes it will be when they start a new life in a new town: new job, promotion, move out of the shelter and into a house of their own in the suburbs. The narrator has a lover with a fast car, however, who can get them out of the bad situation. The narrator's mother left the family, and her father is an alcoholic who required that she quit school to take care of him.
"Fast Car" by Tracy ChapmanĪ fast car is a means of escaping a negative home environment in this 1988 song. Why do you like it? Do you know all the words? 9. Tell Us What Your Favorite Storytelling Song Is in the Comments Section Below The troubled young woman begs for Dad's support and counsel rather than his judgment. Wrong will get married and be a happy little family. Her friends tell her not to keep the baby, but she has illusions that she and Mr.
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