Sam Stone
Swamp Dogg Lyrics

Sam Stone came home
Sam Stone returned home from serving overseas

To his wife and family
He reunited with his spouse and children

After serving in the conflict overseas.
Sam had been in the military

In the times that he served
During his service

It had shattered all his nerve
The experience had left him emotionally traumatized

And left a little shrapnel in his knee
He sustained injuries while serving

But the morphine eased the pain
He relied on drugs to alleviate his discomfort

And the grass grew round his brain
He also used marijuana to cope

And gave him all the confidence he lacked
The drugs gave him a sense of self-assurance

For a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back
Despite his injuries and trauma, Sam was still burdened by addiction

There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes
Sam spends all his money on drugs

Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose
Sam has lost faith in religion or society's morality

Little pictures have big ears
Children are perceptive and can understand more than we think

But don't stop to count the years
Don't let the passage of time distract from the present moment

Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios
Joyful moments are fleeting, especially in difficult circumstances

Sam Stone's welcome home didn't last too long
His return home was short-lived

He went to work when he spent his last dime
Sam couldn't afford not to work

And then Sammy took to stealing
He turned to theft to support his drug habit

When he got that empty feeling
He stole to feel less sad or anxious

For a hundred dollar habit without overtime
His drug addiction was expensive and time-consuming

And the cold r thru his veins
The drugs made him feel cold or numb

Like a thousand railroad trains
The sensation was overwhelming

Eased his mind in the hours that he chose
Drugs were an escape from his problems, but only temporarily

While his kids ran around wearing other people's clothes.
His children had to wear secondhand clothes because he couldn't provide for them

Sam Stone was alone when he popped his last balloon
Sam died by overdose

Climbing walls while sit in a chair
The drugs made him feel restless or paranoid

But he played his last request
He listened to his favorite song before dying

While the room smelled just like death
The odor of death was all around him

With an overdose hovering in the air.
He knew he was risking death by taking drugs

But life had lost all its fun
His drug addiction had consumed him

And there's nothing to be done
His addiction had become too strong for him to overcome

But trade his house that he bought on a GI bill
He had to sell his home to pay for his addiction

For a Flag ship casket over at Motel Heroes'Hill
He had to settle for a cheap casket and burial plot