Sam Stone 作曲 : John Prine 制作人 : Arif Mardin 钢琴 : Bobby Wood 电吉他 : Reggie Young 鼓 : Gene Chrisman 低音吉他 : Mike Leach 打击乐 : Bishop Heywood 管风琴 : Bobby Emmons 吉他 : John Christopher 木吉他 : John Prine 人声 : 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 ******** 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 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 Don't stop to count the years Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios 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 wearing other peoples' clothes 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 Don't stop to count the years Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios 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 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 Don't stop to count the years Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios