Alice's Restaurant
Another song that's been following me around of late is Arlo Guthrie's classic tale of littering and draft exemption "Alice's Restaurant." (It's a long one, but if you've got 20 minutes, it's a good tale.)
Wikipedia, that bastion of totally true knowledge, has the story behind the song, which is quite interesting.
And for you "Arrested Development" (the canceled television show, not the canceled elevendy-billion strong music group) fans, compare the above song with "Big Yellow Joint," which basically functioned as Oscar's theme music. (Thanks to The O.P.)
-- eh, www.amNY.com
