Billy Joel captures the spirit of an old steel town in "Allentown."

It's a song about a train. Or is it?

Bobbie Gentry has written one of the most talked about songs of the century. The mystery endures: what DID Billie Joe throw off the Tallahatchie Bridge?

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• Orville from MsIt has always been clear to Mississippians the reason the young lady lost her appetite was because she was pregnant by Bobbie Joe and that’s why she left town after he committed suicide because of the old gay guy abusing him after he got him drunk. Nothing else to see here. Just shows how families can go off the rails after such an event.

Bobbie Gentry has written one of the most talked about songs of the century. The mystery endures: what DID Billie Joe throw off the Tallahatchie Bridge?

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