Sam Stone Lyrics - Singles - Al Kooper

Sam Stone came home to his wife and family 

After serving in the conflict overseas 

And in the time that he had served 

It had shattered all his nerves 

And it left a little shrapnel in his knee 

But the morphine eased the pain 

And the grass grew round his brain 

And it eased his mind in the hours that it shows 

While his kids ran around wearing other peoples' clothes 

refrain: 

There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes 

Jesus Christ died for nothing, I suppose 

Little pitchers have big ears 

But don't you stop to count the years 

Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios 

Mmm 

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Sam Stone's welcome home didn't last too long 

No, he went to work after he spent his last dime 

And Sammy took to stealing 

When he get' that empty feeling 

For a hundred dollar habit without overtime 

And the cold rolled through his veins 

Like a thousand railroad trains 

And it eased his mind in the hours that it shows 

While his kids ran around wearing other peoples' clothes 

refrain 

Sam Stone was alone when he broke his last balloon 

Climbing walls while he sat there in a chair 

Well, he played his last request 

While the room stonk just like death 

With an overdose just hovering in the air 

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But life had lost all it's fun 

And there was nothing to be done 

But to trade his home that he bought on the GI bill 

For what, a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill 

refrain 

Sam Stone, ah 

Sam Stone