Looking for a song title

December 18, 2005 5:50 PM

This song is about a letter found in the glove compartment of a used car (maybe a chevrolet) The letter says something to the effect that "If you read this, I have died." Want to get this song as a Christmas present for my dad.
posted by Penguin to Media & Arts (12 answers total)

Could it be: David Ball, "Riding With Private Malone"?
posted by Tufa at 6:02 PM on December 18, 2005

Dan Ball - Riding With Private Malone
posted by catcatwomanman at 6:03 PM on December 18, 2005

oops! Yeah, David Ball, not Dan. My bad.
posted by catcatwomanman at 6:03 PM on December 18, 2005

"Riding with Private Malone" words here; performed by David Ball on Amigo (amazon link) or here (eMusic).
posted by jlkr at 6:12 PM on December 18, 2005

Are you committing suicide? Or is this some sort of inside reference you didn't explain to us?
posted by vanoakenfold at 7:32 PM on December 18, 2005

It's not suicide. Private Malone stored the car before he went off to war. He never came back. The car got sold.
posted by Ken McE at 8:12 PM on December 18, 2005

It's a touching song.
posted by Alt F4 at 3:54 AM on December 19, 2005

I dislike country, but I like that song. Thanks for asking this question... I had forgotten about it!
posted by starscream at 6:38 AM on December 19, 2005

As this question's been answered, and I, too, am intrigued by the lyric, let me go off topic: How would you describe David Ball's music, or at least his sound on Amigo?
posted by mojohand at 7:20 AM on December 19, 2005

I was referring to the poster on suicide, not the song. If my son were to give me a gift about "I'm probably dead if you're reading this" I'd immediately think he was committing suicide or something similar, regardless of what the song was about.
posted by vanoakenfold at 11:16 AM on December 19, 2005

Here are the lyrics (there may be music/popups), jlkr's link doesn't work.

I was concerned as well, vanoakenfold, until I read the lyrics.
posted by deborah at 8:01 PM on December 19, 2005

Ooops. Missed a ctrl-v. Try this. No music, etc.
posted by jlkr at 9:01 PM on December 19, 2005