Post a song with a punch line or twist at the end.

[nolabear]

I got to thinking about this while listening to a favorite, Dixie Chicken.

“And all the boys there at the bar began to sing along...”

There are others I can think of, all of which tell a story.

Paradise By the Dashboard light. “And now I’m praying for the end of Time...”

Lola. “Now I’m not the world’s most physical man, but I know who I am and in bed I’m a man, and so’s Lola...”

The Scotsman. “My friend, I don’t know where ya been but I see you won first prize!”

Others? I have a soft spot for a story and a twist.

[qazplm135]

1. the kid really WAS his son?

I got nothing.

[Karadeniz]

2. The last line of Silhouettes on the Shade....cute!

[nolabear]

9. Yes! Oh my goodness that takes me waaaaay back!

[unblock]

3. Wrapped around your finger by the police

I will turn your face to alabaster
When you find your servant is your master

And you'll be wrapped around my finger....

[nolabear]

10. Excellent!

[Ptah]

4. Wildwood Weed

The wildwood flower grew wild on the farm,
And we never knowed what it was called.
Some said it was a flower and some said it was weed,
I never gave it much thought
One day I was out there talking to my brother,
Reached down for a weed to chew on,
Things got fuzzy and things got blurry,
And then everything was gone!
Didn't know what happened,
But I knew it beat the hell out of sniffin' burlap.

(snip)

All good things gotta come to an end,
And it's the same with the wildwood weed.
One day this feller from Washington came by,
And he spied it and turned white as a sheet.
Then they dug and they burned,
And they burned and they dug,
And they killed all our cute little weeds.
Then they drove away,
We just smiled and waved
Sittin' there on that sack of seeds!

[nolabear]

11. LOL! I vaguely recall that one.

[TwistedTinkerbelle]

34. Sittin' there on that sack of seeds....

This was the first song I thought of too!

[gratuitous]

39. Another Jim Stafford Song

"Because she's my girl, Bill."

[unblock]

5. You don't mess around with jim -- Jim Croce

Now they say:

You don't tug on Superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger
And you don't mess around with slim

[yankeepants]

6. "I heard her say to Jose: 'Come a little bit closer...'"

[okaawhatever]

33. That's a good one. I don't hear it often, but I never get tired of it. nt

[Ohiogal]

7. Signs by the Five Man Electrical Band

https://www.songfacts.com/lyrics/five-man-electrical-band/signs

[flotsam]

8. Well there's this

[nolabear]

14. McKean is on Twitter. I should post it.

I wouldn’t blame him if he blocked me.

[flotsam]

19. I'd forgotten his name

It was a good comedy bit.

[Shrek]

12. "Bill! Or George! Anything but Sue!"

Johnny Cash

[nolabear]

13. LOL! Nice.

[happybird]

15. Horn

A short one. It sounds like it's final, relationship-ending, telling off...

I've always loved the guitar solo after the lyrics. So simple and beautiful and mellow.

Lizards was my first thought, but it's pretty dense (and only one section of the long story it's in). Phish seems to be one of those bands people either love or cannot stand. Not much middle ground to be found, there.

[LakeArenal]

16. Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman...

But she was another man....

[nolabear]

17. I keep thinking there must be more Beatles ones I'm missing.

[Harker]

25. Norwegian Wood, perhaps? n/t

[nolabear]

40. ABSOLUTELY!

I have always wondered if he burned the place down!

[Harker]

45. I have always pictured the furniture

going up the chimney. Isn't it good Norwegian wood?

[JudyM]

18. Ironic by Alannis

She gives all these examples of irony (sort of) that are quirky, then in the last verse she sings this “example” in a more hushed tone:
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife

... the whole song led up to that little disclosure.

[lpbk2713]

20. Pop Goes the Weasel

A possible reference to Trump?

[nolabear]

21. 😂😂😂

[oasis]

22. "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane".

[quickesst]

23. forget the artist

.... and enjoy the lyrics. One of my all-time funny favorites.

https://m.

[jberryhill]

24. You better not shout

You better not cry,
You better not pout,
I’m telling you why,
Santa Claus is dead.

[Harker]

27. Smothers Brothers? n/t

[jberryhill]

29. Beats me

It's old, though.

[Harker]

32. Yep.

https://m.

[redstateblues]

26. Ode To Billie Jo

[nolabear]

41. True dat. An icon of my childhood.

[no_hypocrisy]

28. Richard Corey went home one night . . .

And put a bullet through his head.

[Harker]

30. Gallows Pole

Led Zeppelin. Ugly, but there's a twist, alright.

[nolabear]

42. I love Gallows Pole. I think it's actually a very old song.

[Harker]

46. I think so, too.

I meant ugly in the end results. Good song, though!

[Cartoonist]

31. Memphis - Chuck Berry

Marie is only 6 years old.

[nolabear]

43. Right! My father loved that song.

[Bayard]

35. Earl

Dixie Chicks

[lpbk2713]

36. Green Green Grass of Home -- Tom Jones.

Originally Porter Waggoner.

[Tikki]

37. "Never To Be Forgotten..."

While walking through a crowd I
Noticed a face that passed by
I turned to get a second view

I thought before proceeding
Her looks could be misleading
Still had to know if it was true

I cried your name so clearly
That everyone could hear me
And then I knew it wasn't you

Such a great song by:
The Bobby Fuller Four....circa mid 1960’s.

Tikki

[Tikki]

38. 'Tie A Yellow Ribbon"..Tony Orlando and Dawn..some time in the 1970's.

Whoa, tie a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree
It's been three long years, do you still want me?
If I don't see a ribbon round the ole oak tree
I'll stay on the bus, forget about us, put the blame on me
If I don't see a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree..

Now the whole damned bus is cheerin'
And I can't believe I see
A hundred yellow ribbons round the ole oak tree
I'm comin' home..

Tikki

[nolabear]

44. There was one of those creepy song rumors that he was really dead.