The song recounts how a good-natured king in days of old wished that everyone were as rich and exalted as he.

The song recounts the story of Zacchaeus as reported in Luke 19:1-10.

The song recounts the narrators life of trying to make it big as a country music artist.

Most songs recount stories of real life events and Turkish folklore, or have developed through song contests between troubadour poets.

The song recounts fortunes won and lost, his return to the island, and concludes with his inability to stay.

Some songs recounted the difficult trip to Utah in the first place.

The song recounts the story of a miner trapped in a cave-in.

The song recounts the narrator's youthful experience of falling in love for the very first time at age seventeen.

The song recounts a dark story of familial abuse and repression through the eyes of a child.

The song recounts the events experienced by a narrator completing the last of his gift-shopping on Christmas Eve.