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Here's some of my favorites. I'll let you guys name the songs.


** This song tells the story of a young boy who grows up to be a rock star but succumbs to rock and roll excess and dies of  a drug overdose.  It was a warning about the pitfalls of being in the rock world and about the casualties of the music business; people like Hendrix and Joplin, as well as others who didn't make it.    Shooting Star (Bad Company)


** This song was inspired by the death of Beach Boy Carl Wilson's Irish Setter. The song tells the emotional story of a family trying to cope with the death of a beloved family member(pet). On a deeper level, the song is about family and loss.  Shannon(Henry Gross)


** As a young soldier heads off to war, his sweetheart tells him not to be a hero , that she'd rather him stay alive. He dies doing exactly what she told him not to do.  Billy Don't Be a Hero (Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods)


** The son of a police officer recalls a shootout between Chicago police and gangsters tied to Al Capone. 
The Night Chicago Died(Paper Lace)


** A young man who is left at the alter contemplates jumping off a tower and ending it all , questions the existence of God, and recalls the death of his father and mother. This song always made me cry as a child and still makes me sad to this day. 
Alone Again, Naturally(Gilbert O'Sullivan)

** A paralyzed veteran who loves his wife begs her not to go out looking for a date.
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town(Kenny Rogers & The First Edition)


** A man's younger sister kills his adulterous wife and wife's lover. Her brother takes the fall and is punished for her crimes. 
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia(Vicki Lawrence)

** When a widowed woman is criticized by a local school board for wearing her skirts too short, she points out their hypocrisy.
Harper Valley, PTA (Jeannie C. Riley)

Alone Again, Naturally brings teams to my eyes as well. Here's another one that tears my heart out...




Cross wrote the song to mourn the death of Denison University college student Laura Carter, who was killed in Columbus, Ohio when she was struck by a stray bullet during gunfire in a gang war.[2]
Carter, a lacrosse player from Wayne, Pennsylvania, was sitting in the back seat of her father's car. Her family was visiting for homecoming, and had just watched Laura and her friends compete in a lacrosse match.[3]
Cross had met Carter through her college roommate Paige McNinch, whom Cross was dating at the time. McNinch was pictured on the inner sleeve of the "Another Page" album, sitting on a stool. Cross wrote the song as a way of offering comfort to McNinch, and honoring Carter's memory.[4]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0UXsl_5fdA