 Folsom Prison Blues • Original • Johnny Cash • 1955
 Robert Earl Keen Whenever Kindness Fails
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Posted on 07/09/2015 5:43:15 PM PDT by Michael.SF.
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“And I stick my knife in your throat and it hurts!”
Midnight Rambler - Rolling Stones
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sEQL6z1U0wY
“Freddie’s Dead,” Curtis Mayfield.
Bullet to the Bone by GE..
“If you listen closely to Darren’s version (my favorite!) he givers her a nod: ‘Look out ole’ Lotte Lena, old Mackie’s back’”
Yes, I heard those lyrics the very first time I heard that song. I think that it was some time in the 20th century when I was *mumble-mumble* years old! ;-)
The Night the Lights Stayed On in Pittsburgh
That's the night the lights stayed on in Pittsburgh.
That's the day that the rain forgot to fall.
That's the night I thought of moving to Vicksburg.
That's the day that nothing happened at all.
Had to get Gord on there someplace!
“I’d watch Sean Connery if all he did was stare into the camera for two hours!”
Uh-oh! There you go again! ;-)
I’m sorry! The devil made me do it!
That’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it!
M4L Crime Songs
Not a country and western fan but I thought Johnny Cash’s song about stealing a car from the manufacturer was pretty funny. Not sure of the title but the refrain was “I took it one piece at a time and it didn’t cost me a dime...”
Love the Moodies! Once took a road trip and played my cassette of “Days of Future Passed” over and over the whole time...
I think we're thinking of the same song. The "hook" in Twilight Zone is "When the bullet hits the bone."
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
10538 Overture - ELO
How bout Warren Zevon
Lawyers, guns and money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP5Xv7QqXiM
Here are some which were not listed, the first is a bit obscure:
(Rod Stewart, Mick Jagger and Reginald Dwight all played in his band at various times)
Too dark? OK, try this one:
I’m not acknowledging the writer because he was a Commie so here’s The Byrds:
Pretty Boy Floyd - from the Sweetheart of The Rodeo album
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UA3hJEbUp7g
I would love to hear a version of Rocky Racoon as a country song!
Shackleford Brown has a couple of good ones. “Southern Drifter”, and “Up From the Bottom”. The first line of “up from the bottom kinda sums it up. “People don’t get to know you if you don’t get caught”
The Allman Brothers-Midnight Rider
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