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
THERE'S A HOLE
IN DADDY'S ARM
WHERE ALL THE MONEY
GOES
AND 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 Mmm Mmm 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 STEALIN'
WHEN HE GOT THAT
EMPTY FEELIN'
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
THERE'S A HOLE
IN DADDY'S ARM
WHERE ALL THE MONEY
GOES
AND 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 Mmm Mmm Mmm
SAM STONE WAS ALONE
WHEN HE POPPED HIS
LAST BALLOON
CLIMBIN' WALLS
WHILE SITTING
IN A CHAIR
WELL HE PLAYED HIS
LAST REQUEST
WHILE THE ROOM
SMELLED
JUST LIKE DEATH
WITH AN OVERDOSE
HOVERIN' IN THE AIR
BUT LIFE
HAD LOST ITS FUN
AND THERE WAS NOTHIN'
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
AND 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 Mmm Mmm Mmm