Time sink

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Harry Chapin - Tangled Up Puppet (From, Tangled Up Puppet (1975)

[jazzyvee]

Sandie Shaw - Puppet on a string.

This song was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest inb 1967.

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Marc Cohen - Live Out The String (From, Join The Parade - 2007)

[lbpesq]

The Band:  Thinkin’ Out Loud

Bill, tgo

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Cat Stevens (aka Yusuf Islam) On The Road To Find Out (From, Tea For the Tillerman, 1970)

[lbpesq]

Lil Nas X: Old Town Road

Bill,tgo

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Tower Of Power - On The Soul Side Of Town (From, Soul Side Of Town, 2018)

[hankster]

Bruce Springsteen, “Darkness on the Edge of Town”.

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Eric Clapton - The Circus Left Town (From, Pilgrim, 1998)

[lbpesq]

Springsteen:  Wild Billy’s Circus Story

Bill, tgo

[cozmik_cowboy]

Leonard Cohen, "Story Of Isaac": 

Peter

[lbpesq]

Beatles: The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill

Bill, tgo

[jazzyvee]

If i can use 'Billy' instead of 'Bill' then there is this pop song from my teens.
Billy don't be a hero.

[pauldo]

I forgot about Billy, couldn’t help but sing along!   

[cozmik_cowboy]

If i can use 'Billy' instead of 'Bill' then there is this pop song from my teens.
Billy don't be a hero.

Sorry, Jazzy; exact matches only.
And I (alas and alack) had not forgotten that bit '70s ear pain......

Peter