Speaking of John Prine, he once said in an interview that he started writing the goofy songs to give his audiences comic relief from his sad, serious songs. Here's a line from a particularly heartbreaking one called Sam Stone about a drug-addicted Vietnam veteran with no future, no hope, and a suffering family pulled into his despair.
"There's a hole in Daddy's arm where all the money goes,
Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose."
John Prine
"There's a hole in Daddy's arm where all the money goes,
Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose."
John Prine
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