A song that tells a story
 

Not all songs do. Post your favourite song whose lyrics tell a good story. Here's one of mine, from Suzanne Vega, called "The Queen and the soldier".

This paints a pretty bleak story. Possibly the best song he wrote.

There are a few of them in this thread

http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...t-stories.html

Supertramp-Fools Overture.
 

This is a masterpiece.

One of my favorite Brit Lit poems(Coleridge "Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner") that tells a great story: