JOHN PRINE - Sam Stone - Album cut, 1971. This song was picked up by anti-war protesters of the time. Prine said it was not written as an anti-war song, but as a way to describe the least publicized ways soldiers become casualties - addiction, depression, and suicide, all far more common than people realize. Prine served two years in the US Army in the 1960s. Hug your vets. Ask them how theyre doing. Sam Stone by John Prine Sam Stone came home, To his wife and family After serving in the conflict overseas. And the time that he served, Had shattered all his nerves, And left a little shrapnel in his knee. But the morphine eased the pain, And the grass grew round his brain, And gave him all the confidence he lacked, With a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back. Chorus: Theres a hole in daddys arm where all the money goes, Jesus Christ died for nothin I suppose. Little pitchers have big ears, Dont stop to count the years, Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm.... Sam Stones welcome home Didnt last too long. He went to work when hed spent his last dime And Sammy took to stealing When he got that empty feeling For a hundred dollar habit without overtime. And the gold rolled through his veins Like a thousand railroad trains, And eased his mind in the hours that he chose, While the kids ran around wearin other peoples clothes... [Chorus] Sam Stone was alone When he popped his last balloon Climbing walls while sitting in a chair Well, he played his last request While the room smelled just like death With an overdose hovering in the air But life had lost its fun And there was nothing to be done But trade his house that he bought on the G. I. Bill For a flag draped casket on a local heroes hill. [Chorus]
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