Sam Stone-John Prine

[ti:Sam Stone (LP版)] [ar:John Prine] [al:Prime Prine] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sam Stone (LP版) - John Prine [00:03.10]Sam stone came home to his wife and family [00:08.53] [00:10.10]After serving in the conflict overseas [00:14.16] [00:17.27]And the time that he served [00:19.82] [00:20.93]Had shattered all his nerves [00:23.28] [00:24.88]And left a little shrapnel in his knee [00:28.67] [00:31.41]But the M******e eased the pain [00:33.79] [00:35.05]And the grass grew round his brain [00:37.34] [00:39.05]And gave him all the confidence he lacked [00:42.86] [00:45.76]With a purple heart and a monkey on his back [00:49.88] [00:53.07]There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes [00:58.02] [01:01.13]Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose [01:05.17] [01:07.36]Little pitchers have big ears [01:09.71] [01:10.84]Don't stop to count the years [01:13.32] [01:14.68]Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios [01:20.51] [01:25.29]Sam stone's welcome home didn't last too long [01:30.57] [01:33.43]He went to work when he'd spent his last dime [01:36.88] [01:39.84]And Sammy took to stealing [01:42.29] [01:43.29]When he got that empty feeling [01:45.78] [01:46.98]For a hundred dollar habit without overtime [01:51.11] [01:54.00]And the gold rolled through his veins [01:56.62] [01:57.69]Like a thousand railroad trains [02:00.02] [02:01.82]And eased his mind in the hours that he chose [02:05.86] [02:08.50]While the kids ran around wearing other peoples' clothes [02:12.65] [02:15.91]There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes [02:20.99] [02:24.10]Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose [02:28.20] [02:30.46]Little pitchers have big ears [02:32.74] [02:33.89]Don't stop to count the years [02:36.33] [02:37.71]Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios [02:43.22] [02:48.40]Sam stone was alone when he popped his last balloon [02:54.28] [02:56.50]Climbing walls while sitting in a chair [02:59.77] [03:02.60]Well he played his last request [03:05.15] [03:06.15]While the room smelled just like death [03:08.79] [03:09.95]With an overdose hovering in the air [03:14.05] [03:17.09]But life had lost its fun [03:19.40] [03:20.60]And there was nothing to be done [03:23.04] [03:24.22]But trade his house that he bought on the G I bill [03:28.61] [03:31.45]For a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill [03:35.76] [03:38.90]There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes [03:43.91] [03:47.10]Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose [03:51.29] [03:53.36]Little pitchers have big ears [03:55.77] [03:56.93]Don't stop to count the years [03:59.46] [04:00.78]Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios