The song "Wreck Of The Old 97" by John Mellencamp is actually a cover of an old traditional American folk song that tells the story of a tragic train wreck that occurred in Danville, Virginia in 1903
"Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)" by John Mellencamp is a song that tells the story of a man, referred to as Gypsy Scotty, and his infatuation with a woman