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drawn in 41 min with Oekaki Shi-Painter
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Axil62 (Apr 10, 2006)
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,
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.

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 wearin' other peoples' clothes...

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
Axil62 (Apr 10, 2006)
drawn in 41 min
Miss_DJ (Apr 10, 2006)
great song/poem that goes with a real nice draw.
Kloxboy (Apr 10, 2006)
Most excellent broski. Right on.
DeadlyBlondeArcher (Apr 10, 2006)
I salute Sam.
Axil62 (Apr 10, 2006)
Thanks guys. It's a John Prine song that I first heard when I was in the Army.
DeadlyBlondeArcher (Apr 10, 2006)
thank you for remembering it and sharing it and painting about it
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