What else can I say about song 21, other than that it is definitely the single best song ever written about the ghost of a headless gunner fighting as a soldier of fortune in Biafra. Yes, it's Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner, by Warren Zevon:
That song takes its place in the pantheon of songs that I like to sing along with but which I then feel vaguely guilty about singing along with because I don't feel like I should be enjoying a song about a guy who [KIND OF A SPOILER ALERT BUT YOU REALLY SHOULD HAVE GATHERED THIS FROM THE TITLE] gets his head blown off.
Got a little more time? Why not read Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, and I'm Lost?
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