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The song Sam Stone is performed by John Prine in the album named Great Days: The John Prine Anthology in the year 1993 .

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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



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John Prine - Great Days: The John Prine Anthology

  1. Illegal Smile
  2. Spanish Pipedream
  3. Hello in There
  4. Sam Stone
  5. Paradise
  6. Donald and Lydia
  7. Late John Garfield Blues
  8. Yes I Guess They Oughta Name a Drink After You
  9. Great Compromise
  10. Sweet Revenge
  11. Please Don't Bury Me
  12. Christmas in Prison
  13. Dear Abby [Live]
  14. Blue Umbrella
  15. Common Sense
  16. Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard
  17. Saddle in the Rain
  18. He Was in Heaven Before He Died
  19. Fish and Whistle
  20. That's the Way That the World Goes 'Round
  21. Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)
  22. Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone
  23. Automobile
  24. Killing the Blues
  25. Down by the Side of the Road
  26. Living in the Future
  27. It's Happening to You
  28. Storm Windows
  29. One Red Rose
  30. Souvenirs
  31. Aimless Love
  32. Oldest Baby in the World
  33. People Puttin' People Down
  34. Unwed Fathers
  35. Angel from Montgomery [Live]
  36. Linda Goes to Mars
  37. Bad Boy
  38. Speed of the Sound of Loneliness [Live]
  39. It's a Big Old Goofy World [Live]
  40. Sins of Memphisto
  41. All the Best