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John Prine

Sam Stone

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“Sam Stone” is a song written by John Prine about a drug-addicted veteran with a Purple Heart and his death by overdose. The most familiar refrain in the song is “There’s a hole in daddy’s arm, where all the money goes” The song can be interpreted as a reference to the phenomenon of heroin addiction among Vietnam war veterans. Read on...

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