The love of money is the root of all evil. A little parable told in song. (Money – Pink Floyd)
Two young lovers get involved in a robbery. She takes the money and flees. He almost gets caught, but escapes and catches up to her. (Take the Money and Run – Steve Miller Band)
She knows she is trouble and can’t be faithful to one man. Maybe she’d like to stop, but perhaps not. (You Know I’m No Good – Amy Winehouse)
He knows she has issues and may not ever settle down, but hopes for change. (Evil Ways – Santana)
They burn through their cash quickly. She is addicted to the lifestyle that money brings and she talks him into another robbery (Gimme Your Money Please – Bachman Turner Overdrive)
He knows he’s doing the wrong thing, and eventually their deeds will catch up to him. He begins to think of how to get out of this. (Lawyers, Guns & Money – Warren Zevon)
She knows he’s weakening, and eventually will give them up. She talks him into one last robbery, then traps him and he’s caught. (Whiskey in the Jar – Metallica)
He knows she set him up, and he wants revenge. He breaks out of jail. (Jailbreak – Thin Lizzy)
He goes over to her place and threatens to turn her in to the police unless she pays him off. (Blackmail – The Runaways)
She can’t have that. She kills him and drops the body in the river, knowing it will be carried out into the lake. (Down by the River – Neil Young)
The police are following up on the escaped prisoner and think she may be more involved in the robberies than she has said. Has she done away with her partner? She knows that the police won’t find the body (Watching the Detectives – Elvis Costello)
Now that she’s rid of him, she shouldn’t have anything to worry about. But, is her conscience finally beginning to kick in? (Weeping Widow – April Wine)
Guilt for all that she’s done finally catches up to her and she confronts her life. (I Was Wrong – Social Distortion)
And does she end it all? (Lady Run, Lady Hide – April Wine)
Image from Black Mask Stories, Black Mask 10: Death Stops Payment