Golden Earring - The Sad Story of Sam Stone Lyrics

Lyrics The Sad Story of Sam Stone - Golden Earring



Sam Stone
©John Prine
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 pitchers have big ears,
Don't stop to count the years,
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios.
Mmm...
Sam Stone's welcome home
Didn't last too long.
He went to work when he'd spent his last dime
And Sammy took to stealing
When he got that empty feeling
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 peoples' clothes...
Repeat Chorus:
Sam Stone was alone
When he popped his last balloon
Climbing walls while sitting in 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 its fun
And there was nothing to be done
But trade his house that he bought on the G. I. Bill
For a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill.




Golden Earring - On the Double
Album On the Double
date of release
01-05-2001

1 Judy
2 My Baby Ruby
3 Hurry, Hurry, Hurry
4 Pam Pam Poope Poope Loux
5 Angelina
6 Song of a Devil's Servant
7 Songs on a Devil's Servant
8 Backbiting Baby
9 Time Is a Book
10 Remember My Friend
11 High in the Sky
12 The Sad Story of Sam Stone
13 Just a Little Bit of Peace In My Heart
14 Just A Little Bit Of Peace In My Heart
15 Murdock 9-6182
16 Murdock 9-6182
17 Goodbye Mama
18 I'm A Runnin'
19 I Sing My Song
20 Mitch Mover
21 God Bless the Day
22 The Grand Piano
23 Songs On a Devil's Servant
24 Angelina
25 Pam Pam Poope Poope Loux
26 Hurry, Hurry, Hurry
27 My Baby Ruby
28 Judy
29 Goodbye Mama
30 The Sad Story of Sam Stone
31 High In the Sky
32 Remember My Friend
33 Time Is a Book
34 Backbiting Baby
35 I'm a Runnin'
36 I Sing My Song
37 Mitch Mover
38 God Bless the Day
39 The Grand Piano




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