Best " Lyrical Suprise Ending " song , 1950s-70s ?

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What are the best of these " 45 RPM era " pop/rock records that revolve around a " suprise " later in the song ?

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

...I do realize I am at the older end here , but no on here's heard of ANY of these ???????????

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

I am totally ignorant of any of the songs on this list. Oh well, thank god for youtube.

...I thought of two other songs I missed...
Okay , it would appear I can't edit the OP part , or the poll , which would let me put:
" Memphis , Tennessee " by Chuck Berry
and
" Clair " by Gilbert O'Sullivan , in (Chuck didn't actually have a hit with a vocal of " Memphis " , Chuck Berry did , IIRC but Chhuck was the originator of it .
BTW , both songs use (a variation on) the same suprise ending ` which one of my original six also uses ! !! !! !! !! !!
NOW is anyone interested in this ?
Feel free to vote for my two extras , as above , if you vote in this-

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

Am an oldster and even I only knew two of the songs:the Winstons, and the Rupert Holmes songs first hand from the time they were both current. And I only learned of two of the others decades after they were current (both recently).

My boss at one of jobs loves to listen his collection of cheesy Fifties' and Sixties' pop on his computer while working, and from that I learned of the Ames Brothers song for the first time LOONG after it was recorded. I learned of the Jim Stafford song recently, and long after it was recorded too from a friend who sent me a collection of comedy songs on CD. Frankly- didnt quite "get" it when I first heard it.

Rupert Holmes' Pina Colada song was kinda predictable. I dunno. Its just one of those songs that some folks love to hate. And I guess I am one of those folks.

However "Color Him Father" is one of my all time top ten tear jerkers! Atleast a box and a half of kleenexes needed (tear jerking in a positive way).

...I guessed the ending of Rupert's opus before the song reached it the first time I heard it ! Gawrsh , I'm SO kewell .

Am an oldster and even I only knew two of the songs:the Winstons, and the Rupert Holmes songs first hand from the time they were both current. And I only learned of two of the others decades after they were current (both recently).

My boss at one of jobs loves to listen his collection of cheesy Fifties' and Sixties' pop on his computer while working, and from that I learned of the Ames Brothers song for the first time LOONG after it was recorded. I learned of the Jim Stafford song recently, and long after it was recorded too from a friend who sent me a collection of comedy songs on CD. Frankly- didnt quite "get" it when I first heard it.

Rupert Holmes' Pina Colada song was kinda predictable. I dunno. Its just one of those songs that some folks love to hate. And I guess I am one of those folks.

However "Color Him Father" is one of my all time top ten tear jerkers! Atleast a box and a half of kleenexes needed (tear jerking in a positive way).

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

Sorry.

Didnt realize that the Pina Colada song was your favorite!

...No , that's okay .
As a song it's likely not my favorite of these 6 , though my connection with it made me vote for it as one of my 3 .

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

...Really , I should find a fairly deep oldies/old rock'n'roll board for this stuff but I haven't any anymore ~ I used to have , at least two , but one went under - another not only kicked me out , but apparently pulled the plug on itself to REALLY make it final !

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

I like "Color me father"--because it was a good "message song" of the time

How about "Black Pearl," sung by Sonny Charles.

...No particular surprise ending to " Black Pearl " tho' .
Do you remember it from when it was contemporary ? 1969 or so , IIRC .
Or did you hear it later as an oldie ? We share NYC radio background , so I can say ~ I don''t remember WCBS-FM , which I pretty much grew up(??) on/nursed with , ever playing it , at least in any " normal " non-special shows playlist sense .
It was , IIRC , not Top Ten , so it might not have gotten on old NYC Top 40 radio -, noted for its very tight " last station in the country to play something " tendencies (Yes , " if you could make it THERE " ) especially the old champ 77 " W-A-B-Ceeee ! " they were REALLY known for this .

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!