The song Sam Stone is performed by John Prine in the album named Great Days: The John Prine Anthology in the year 1993 .
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 gra*s grew round his brain
And gave him all the confidence he lacked
With a purple heart and a monkey on his back
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose
Little pitchers have big ears, don't stop to count the years
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios
Sam stone's welcome home, didn't last too long
He went to work when he'd 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
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose
Little pitchers have big ears, don't stop to count the years
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios
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
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose
Little pitchers have big ears, don't stop to count the years
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios
John Prine - Great Days: The John Prine Anthology
Great Days: The John Prine Anthology
- Illegal Smile
- Spanish Pipedream
- Hello in There
- Sam Stone
- Paradise
- Donald and Lydia
- Late John Garfield Blues
- Yes I Guess They Oughta Name a Drink After You
- Great Compromise
- Sweet Revenge
- Please Don't Bury Me
- Christmas in Prison
- Dear Abby [Live]
- Blue Umbrella
- Common Sense
- Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard
- Saddle in the Rain
- He Was in Heaven Before He Died
- Fish and Whistle
- That's the Way That the World Goes 'Round
- Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)
- Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone
- Automobile
- Killing the Blues
- Down by the Side of the Road
- Living in the Future
- It's Happening to You
- Storm Windows
- One Red Rose
- Souvenirs
- Aimless Love
- Oldest Baby in the World
- People Puttin' People Down
- Unwed Fathers
- Angel from Montgomery [Live]
- Linda Goes to Mars
- Bad Boy
- Speed of the Sound of Loneliness [Live]
- It's a Big Old Goofy World [Live]
- Sins of Memphisto
- All the Best