Songs with Twist Endings

[Steel2Velvet]

18 Yellow Roses by Bobby Darin

Wildwood Weed by Jim Stafford

Edited November 22, 2014 by Guest

[cyberjudge]

Our NEPA hometown boys!

"Timothy" - The Buoys

Trivia question: Name the connection between this song and another song in this thread.

[cyberjudge]

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence

Cher turned that one down, but then recorded this song with a twist:

Dark Lady - Cher

And this twist ending song had a little Heart:

All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You - Heart

[Willem Hemmen]

Powderfinger (Neil Young & Crazy Horse)

Look out, Mama,

there's a white boat comin' up the river

With a big red beacon,

and a flag, and a man on the rail

I think you'd better call John,

'Cause it don't look like they're here

to deliver the mail

And it's less than a mile away

I hope they didn't come to stay

It's got numbers on the side

and a gun

And it's makin' big waves.

Daddy's gone,

my brother's out hunting in the mountains

Big John's been drinking since the river took Emmy-Lou

So the powers that be left me here

to do the thinkin'

And I just turned twenty-two

I was wonderin' what to do

And the closer they got,

The more those feelings grew.

Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassurin'

He told me,

Red means run, son, numbers add up to nothin'

But when the first shot hit the docks

I saw it comin'

Raised my rifle to my eye

Never stopped to wonder why.

Then I saw black,

And my face splashed in the sky.

Shelter me from the powder and the finger

Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger

Think of me as one you'd never figured

Would fade away so young

With so much left undone

Remember me to my love,

I know I'll miss her.

[Dappled]

Green, Green Grass of Home

Yes, they'll all come to see me in the shade of that old oak tree, as they lay me 'neath the green, green grass of home

[Levis]

Surely 'Where the Wild Roses Grow' is the mother of all twist endings?

[Rayzor]

Radhika!! So you decided to drop in?

[Otokichi]

John Hiatt - Tennessee Plates

John Sexton - Tennessee Plates (From the movie, "Thelma and Louise")

Edited October 13, 2015 by Otokichi
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