Lyric discussion by dcat 

My wild guess is "Sweet Songs never last too long on broken radios." meant life is shorter to those who abuse their bodies with hard dope.

From the point of view from those around Sam Stone....."Sweet Songs never last too long on broken radios". for me I hear that and I think of the children in the house....whenever something breaks in the house there is never any extra money to get it fixed or replaced......which adds to the saddness....

@dcat I thought it meant: a sweet, happy, life, does not last for a broken person. After Vietnam, Sam was a broken man, he had no chance of an enduring happy life.

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