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The Sad Story of Sam Stone
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Golden Earring
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Sam Stone
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í‚©John Prine
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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 the time that he served,
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Had shattered all his nerves,
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And left a little shrapnel in his knee.
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But the morphine eased the pain,
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And the grass grew round his brain,
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And gave him all the confidence 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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Don't 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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He went to work when he'd spent his last dime
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And Sammy took to stealing
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When he got that empty feeling
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For a hundred dollar habit without overtime.
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And the gold rolled through his veins
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Like a thousand railroad trains,
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And eased his mind in the hours that he chose,
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While the 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 popped his last balloon
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Climbing walls while sitting in a chair
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Well, he played his last request
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While the room smelled just like death
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With an overdose hovering in the air
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But life had lost its fun
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And there was nothing to be done
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But trade his house that he bought on the G. I. Bill
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For a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill.
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