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    “They’ll Never Keep Us Down” is a small album of cover songs, each
    carefully chosen and made to come out in my own voice. Each of these
    songs had a huge impact on me coming up as a young person, they were
    able to allow me to see another’s point of view, or attempt to
    understand a larger issue at hand. They were able to allow me to
    emphatically understand the struggle from many different viewpoints
    and walks of life. These songs examine the issues and struggles of the
    American people. They examine the issues and push for progress."
    -Kelsey Waldon

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lyrics

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 Sam, he took to stealing
When he got that empty feeling
For a hundred dollar habit without overtime

And the gold roared 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

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 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
There was nothing to be done
But trade his house that he bought on the GI bill
For a flag-draped casket on a local hero's hill

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

credits

from They'll Never Keep Us Down, released November 27, 2020
Written by John Prine
Kelsey Waldon – Lead Vocal
Adam Duran – Electric Guitar & Acoustic Guitar
Brett Resnick – Pedal Steel Guitar
Micah Hulscher – Wurlitzer & Organ
Alec Newnam – Electric Bass
Nate Felty – Drums

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