"Sam Stone" by John Prine (cover by Dennis Anthonis)

"Sam Stone" by John Prine (cover by Dennis Anthonis). This song was originally titled "Great Society Conflict Blues" (not nearly as catchy as "Sam Stone"). The song appeared on Prine's eponymous debut album in 1971. Many consider this song to be one of the greatest protest songs about the casualties of war, which affect body and mind. Sam Stone 's experience in the war "had shattered all his nerves and left a little shrapnel in his knees" as a bonus. Sam Stone's experience in the Service rewarded him "with a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back"
There is a single explicit reference to morphine, but Prine alludes to heroin on several occasions, including the use of the term "habit," slang commonly associated with heroin use. The line "he popped his last balloon" most likely refers to one of the ways in which street heroin is commonly packaged, in small rubber balloons. The common refrains in the chorus are "there's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes" and concludes with "sweet songs never last too long on broken radios."
John Prine came into my life way too late and then seemed to leave way too early. This is my sixth John Prine post to YouTube. I continue to be amazed at his songwriting proclivity. It came natural to him. He wrote songs on the way to gigs!
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