Unanswered Questions About Music Lyrics

Inept

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There are so many questions I’ve had about certain tunes and I’d really like to know the answer. For example: Did we ever find out what it was that Billy Joe Mcallister threw off the Tallahatchie Bridge?
 

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I said Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line?
And he said, "Eatin' purple people and it sure is fine"
But that's not the reason that I came to land
"I wanna get a job in a rock and roll band"

Did The Flying Purple People Eater
get a job in a Rock and Roll Band?
 

Did Stagger Lee apologize to the bartender for breaking his glass?
Stagger Lee went to the barroom
And he stood across the barroom door
He said, nobody move
And he pulled his forty-four

Stagger Lee, cried Billy
Oh, please don't take my life
I've three little children
And a very sickly wife

Stagger Lee shot Billy
Oh, he shot that poor boy so bad
Till the bullet came through Billy
And it broke the bartender's glass
 
Stagger Lee went to the barroom
And he stood across the barroom door
He said, nobody move
And he pulled his forty-four

Stagger Lee, cried Billy
Oh, please don't take my life
I've three little children
And a very sickly wife

Stagger Lee shot Billy
Oh, he shot that poor boy so bad
Till the bullet came through Billy
And it broke the bartender's glass
That's right.
 

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