“30,000 Pounds of Bananas,” Harry Chapin
Based on an actual event, “30,000 Pounds” chronicles a truck driver’s emotions and reactions as the brakes give out on his rig while he is coming into town. As the truck builds momentum, barrelling downhill into Scranton, PA, so does the song, picking up speed as the narrator nears his fatal crash. Half comedic but wholly tragic as the driver left behind a wife and child, not to mention all those mashed bananas.