Sam Stone (song)

"Sam Stone" is a song written by John Prine about a drug-addicted veteran with a Purple Heart and his death by overdose. It appeared on Prine's eponymous 1971 debut album. The song was originally titled "Great Society Conflict Veteran's Blues". Time magazine reviewed the song on July 24, 1972 "Sam Stone" ranked eighth in a Rolling Stone magazine poll of the ten saddest songs of all time.

Sam Stone (song)

"Sam Stone" is a song written by John Prine about a drug-addicted veteran with a Purple Heart and his death by overdose. It appeared on Prine's eponymous 1971 debut album. The song was originally titled "Great Society Conflict Veteran's Blues". Time magazine reviewed the song on July 24, 1972 "Sam Stone" ranked eighth in a Rolling Stone magazine poll of the ten saddest songs of all time.