Can I borrow your pen?

There are not enough songs that are stories. You know what I mean? Or maybe there are, and I just haven't noticed. I love lyrics that tell a story. I suppose all songs tell a story to some extent, but I mean ones that actually have a narrative: a beginning, middle, and end. Here are the ones I can think of off the top of my head:

The Ballad of Grim and Lily - Bree Sharp
Goodbye Earl - Dixie Chicks
The Highwayman - Loreena McKennitt (of course, this was adapted)
Jack and Diane - John Mellencamp
Long Black Veil - Johnny Cash
Me and a Gun - Tori Amos
Misery - Green Day (this might not count)
Sk8ter Boi - Avril Lavigne
Travelin' Soldier - Dixie Chicks (this is the one I've been listening to recently that got me thinking about this)

What am I forgetting?

Well, Jade and I have consulted, and I think I've got the final list of AtS eps that I'm going to include for significantowl. Agree or disagree? Speak now or forever hold your peace ... ( AtS, condensed )

And now, even more Angel (and Smallville, too) ... ( Smallville 'Extinction' and AtS 'Unleashed' spoilers )

Also, sydney_lynne, email me your address if you want me to send you a keyboard. I have many working ones that I'm not using. They're all MS Natural keyboards though -- not sure if you prefer the regular kind or whatever.

Edited to add: Have you guys seen Joss Whedon's letter to encourage us to watch AtS S5? Hilarious. I wonder if he wrote it, or some other funny flunky. Anyway, Mary Caroline, he says that there should be no problem for newbies to start in on the show at this point: "Those of you who have never seen the show will have no trouble jumping on board. Just remember, Angel is the one everybody keeps calling 'Angel.'" There, I don't even know why I'm bothering to make tapes.