it's not quite a tit for tat conversation song but...

Warren Zevon's 'Hasten Down the Wind' comes to my mind.


HASTEN DOWN THE WIND
As recorded by Warren Zevon on "Warren Zevon" (1976)

1. She tells him she thinks she needs to be free.
He tells her he doesn't understand.
She takes his hand.
She tells him nothing's working out the way they planned.

CHORUS: She's so many women.
He can't find the one who was his friend,
So he's hanging on to half her heart.
He can't have the restless part,
So he tells her to hasten down the wind.

2. Then he agrees he thinks she needs to be free.
Then she says she'd rather be with him,
But it's just a whim
By which she hopes to keep him on the limb. CHORUS TWICE

He tells her to hasten down the wind.


I really love this song. it's so painfully accurate in its description of the last throes of a dying relationship.


Syd Straw and Evand Dando trade verses on a cover of Richard Thompson's 'FOR SHAME OF DOING WRONG' and make it almost a conversation. it's on the Tribute CD 'Beat the Retreat'. Terrific version, IMHO.

Four years ago somebody suggested 'FATHER AND SON' by Cat Stevens/Yusef Islam. That was one of the first songs I learned to pick on the Guitar and it was very popular in my family. Even our parents liked it. It would sometimes bring tears to their eyes. great song

Very nice thread!