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John Prine
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Sam Stone by Al Kooper
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Sam Stone came home,
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To his wife and family
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After serving in the conflict overseas.
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And in the time that he had served,
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It had shattered all his nerves,
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And it left a little shrapnel in his knee.
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Oh, but the morphine eased the pain,
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And the grass grew round his brain,
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And it gave him all the comfort as he lacked,
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With a purple heart and a monkey on his back.
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Chorus:
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There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
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Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.
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Little pitchers have big ears,
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But don't you stop to count the years,
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Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios.
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Mmm....
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Sam Stone's welcome home
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Didn't last too long.
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No he went to work after he spent his last dime
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And Sammy took to stealing
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When he get' that empty feeling
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For a hundred dollar habit without overtime.
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And the cold rolled through his veins
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Like a thousand railroad trains,
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And it eased his mind in the hours that it shows,
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While his kids ran around wearin' other peoples' clothes...
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Repeat chorus:
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Sam Stone was alone
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When he broke his gas balloon
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Climbing walls while he sat there in a chair
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Well, he played his last request
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While the room stonk just like death
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With an overdose just hoverin' in the air
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But life had lost it's fun
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And there was nothing to be done
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But to trade his house that he bought on the gi-bill
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For what, a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill
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Repeat chorus
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Sam Stone, ah
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Sam Stone
John Prine - Sam Stone
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