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* "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club. |
* "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club. |
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* Billy Preston's 1972 song "Will It Go Round In Circles": |
* Billy Preston's 1972 song "Will It Go Round In Circles": |
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{{quote|I got a story, it ain't got no morals |
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Let the bad guy win every once in awhile |
Let the bad guy win every once in awhile |
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I got a story, it ain't got no morals |
I got a story, it ain't got no morals |
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Let the bad guy win every once in awhile.... }} |
Let the bad guy win every once in awhile.... }} |
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* Johnny in [[Oingo Boingo]]'s song "Only A Lad", who gets away with arson, theft, assault, and vehicular manslaughter because [[Society Is to Blame|the judge believes it's society's fault he's such a psychopath]]. However, the narrator predicts - or at least hopes - that Johnny will be going to Hell when he dies. |
* Johnny in [[Oingo Boingo]]'s song "Only A Lad", who gets away with arson, theft, assault, and vehicular manslaughter because [[Society Is to Blame|the judge believes it's society's fault he's such a psychopath]]. However, the narrator predicts - or at least hopes - that Johnny will be going to Hell when he dies. |
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* The narrator's [[Jerkass|father]] in [[Ayreon]]'s [[Villain Song|"Day 16: Loser"]]. |
* The narrator's [[Jerkass|father]] in [[Ayreon]]'s [[Villain Song|"Day 16: Loser"]]. |
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{{quote|I had my fun, I'm going back to the place I don't call home |
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There's no one there who waits for me, but you won't hear me moan |
There's no one there who waits for me, but you won't hear me moan |
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My ex-wives all sue me, and with half my kids in jail |
My ex-wives all sue me, and with half my kids in jail |
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I'll still come out laughing, coz me? I never fail, loser! }} |
I'll still come out laughing, coz me? I never fail, loser! }} |
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* "Lay Me Down" by Dirty Heads is about a couple that robs a bank, shoots a sherrif who's chasing after them, then lives happily ever after drinking tequila on the beach. |
* "Lay Me Down" by Dirty Heads is about a couple that robs a bank, shoots a sherrif who's chasing after them, then lives happily ever after drinking tequila on the beach. |
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- Death Metal. No Seriously. Gore related songs never reveal that the murders getting any comeuppance. Each and every song ends with the killer continuing his crimes.
- Bob Dylan's song "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" tells the story of a wealthy white man who kills a poor black woman in 1960s Baltimore, and receives a six-month sentence in punishment.
- "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club.
- Billy Preston's 1972 song "Will It Go Round In Circles":
I got a story, it ain't got no morals |
- Johnny in Oingo Boingo's song "Only A Lad", who gets away with arson, theft, assault, and vehicular manslaughter because the judge believes it's society's fault he's such a psychopath. However, the narrator predicts - or at least hopes - that Johnny will be going to Hell when he dies.
- The narrator's father in Ayreon's "Day 16: Loser".
I had my fun, I'm going back to the place I don't call home |
- "Lay Me Down" by Dirty Heads is about a couple that robs a bank, shoots a sherrif who's chasing after them, then lives happily ever after drinking tequila on the beach.
- The narrator of the song "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence.