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Artist/Band: John Prine
Lyrics for Song: Sam Stone
Lyrics for Album: Souvenirs [2000]



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

there's a hole in daddy's arm

where all the money goes

Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose

Little pictures 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 to long

He went to work when he'd spent his last dime



and Sammy took to stealin'

when he got that empty feelin'

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 people's clothes



Chorus



Sam stone was alone

when he popped his last balloon

climbing walls while sitting 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 it's fun

and there was nothin' to be done

but trade his house that he bought on the GI bill

for a flag draped casket on the local hero's hill



Chorus


Album Lyrics: Souvenirs [2000]


John Prine
"Souvenirs [2000]"


1. The Late John Garfield Blues
2. Storm Windows
3. Angel From Montgomery
4. Grandpa Was A Carpenter
5. People Puttin' People Down
6. Sam Stone