The Only Honest One — Scarlett Sky — Chicago Gang Swing

The Only Honest One — Scarlett Sky

The Only Honest One is a dry Chicago swing number about the city’s cab wars, competing companies, crooked drivers, painted promises, and one stubborn passenger who decides the horse is still the most trustworthy transportation in town.

Set in old Chicago, where Yellow and Checker cabs fight for fares and every driver has his own version of the shortest route, the song turns urban transportation into a small comedy of commerce, rivalry, and human ingenuity. Machines are faster, companies are louder, and everybody has a sales pitch. The horse simply goes where he is told.

Wry, brassy, and built around one ridiculous but perfectly logical conclusion, The Only Honest One belongs to Scarlett Sky’s Chicago Gang Swing collection — original songs inspired by old Chicago, told through cabaret noir, swing rhythm, historical mischief, and a modern point of view.

Artist: Scarlett Sky
Single: The Only Honest One
Album: Chicago Gang Swing
Style: Cabaret Noir / Gangster Swing / Jazz-Blues
Original song and story