Sam Stone-Al Kooper

[ti:Sam Stone] [ar:Al Kooper] [al:Naked Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sam Stone - Al Kooper (Al Kooper) [00:15.34]Sam stone came home to his wife and family [00:21.69] [00:23.07]After serving in the conflict overseas [00:28.12] [00:30.24]And the time that he served [00:33.07] [00:33.96]Had shattered all his nerves [00:36.71] [00:37.88]And left a little shrapnel in his knee [00:42.94] [00:45.30]But the morphine eased the pain [00:47.91] [00:48.77]And the grass grew round his brain [00:51.77] [00:52.50]And gave him all the confidence he lacked [00:57.66] [01:00.26]With a purple heart and a monkey on his back [01:04.92] [01:07.64]There's a hole in daddy's arm [01:10.39] [01:11.15]Where all the money goes [01:13.30] [01:16.08]Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose [01:20.37] [01:22.58]Little pitchers have big ears [01:25.35] [01:26.28]Don't stop to count the years [01:29.79] [01:30.97]Sweet songs never last [01:32.91]Too long on broken radios [01:37.19] [01:41.51]Sam stone's welcome home [01:44.21] [01:45.33]Didn't last too long [01:47.42] [01:49.25]No He went to work after [01:51.30]She spent his last dime [01:54.33] [01:56.43]And Sammy took to stealing [01:59.43] [02:00.18]When he got that empty feeling [02:03.04] [02:04.11]For a hundred dollar habit without overtime [02:08.81] [02:11.60]And the gold rolled through his veins [02:13.99] [02:15.00]Like a thousand railroad trains [02:17.99] [02:18.86]And eased his mind in the hours that he chose [02:23.94] [02:26.25]While the kids ran around [02:27.92]Wearin' other peoples' clothes [02:30.72] [02:33.74]There's a hole in daddy's arm [02:36.49] [02:37.30]Where all the money goes [02:39.23] [02:42.16]Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose [02:46.57] [02:48.72]Little pitchers have big ears [02:51.38] [02:52.27]Don't stop to count the years [02:55.21] [02:57.06]Sweet songs never last [02:58.96]Too long on broken radios [03:02.97] [03:07.48]Sam stone was alone [03:10.26] [03:11.15]When he popped his last balloon [03:14.02] [03:15.99]Climbing walls while sitting in a chair [03:20.14] [03:22.75]He played his last request [03:25.11] [03:26.00]While the room smelled just like death [03:28.72] [03:29.91]With an overdose just hovering in the air [03:35.01] [03:37.29]But life had lost dollar it's fun [03:39.83] [03:40.76]And there was nothing to be done [03:43.89] [03:44.72]But trade his house [03:46.20]That he bought on the G I Bill [03:49.32] [03:52.37]For a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill [03:56.95] [03:59.60]There's a hole in daddy's arm [04:02.14] [04:03.04]Where all the money goes [04:04.83] [04:07.87]Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose [04:11.92] [04:14.42]Little pitchers have big ears [04:17.06] [04:17.92]Don't stop to count the years [04:20.88] [04:22.64]Sweet songs never last [04:24.50]Too long on broken radios