Discover the story of the song > Frankie’s Gun – The Felice Brothers

The protagonist regularly drives to Chicago to pick up cargo and counts money. He remembers when he had to defend his mother from a man who hit her, and now he has money saved up to take his sister to the movies and buy clothes for his partner Lucille. Suddenly, we hear about someone named Frankie shooting the protagonist's gun and killing Lucille, and the protagonist repeats the phrase "he shot me down" several times throughout the song.