Tonart: E major
Verse 1
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Sam Stone came home,
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After serving in the conflict overseas.
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And the time that he served,
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Had shattered all his nerves,
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And left a little shrapnel in his knee.
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But the morphine eased the pain,
And the grass grew round his brain,
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And gave him all the confidence he lacked,
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With a Purple Heart and a monkey
Verse 2
hole in daddy's arm
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where all the money goes,
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Little pitchers have big ears,
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Don't stop to count the years,
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Sweet songs never last too
Mmm
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Verse 3
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Sam Stone's welcome home
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He went to work when he'd
And Sammy took to stealing
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When he got that empty feeling
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For a hundred dollar habit
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without overtime.
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And the gold rolled through his veins
Like a thousand railroad trains,
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And eased his mind in the
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While the kids ran around wearin' other peoples'
Interlude 1
clothes
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Verse 4
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was alone
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When he popped his last balloon
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Climbing walls while sitting in a chair
Well, he played his last request
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While the room smelled just like death
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With an overdose hovering in the air
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But life had lost its fun
And there was nothing to be done
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But trade his house that he
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bought on the G. I. Bill
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For a flag draped casket on a
local heroes' hill.
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[Chorus]
Outro 1
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