Jens Lekman : A Postcard to Nina

Besides being incredibly engaging and peaceful, this song contains one of the most intricate, funny, tragic, and entertaining stories ever squeezed into song-form.* My favorite parts are when Jens watch Nina’s eyebrows for a clue of how to answer her father’s questions, and that he sends back “out of office auto-replies” after the father tries to befriend him. It’s also very sweet that he goes to such lengths for a girl he is in love with, even though she’s a lesbian.

Siah and Yeshua DaPoEd’s “A Day Like No Other” falls in this category, but its twice as long. So does “Ode to
Billie Joe.” What are some other top-notch story-songs?

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