Sawyer Brown - Small Town Hero Lyrics
I just turned twenty-nine three years in a rowToo young to be the presidentToo old to turn proBut when the seventies came and elvis diedI could not fill his shoesBut oh how I triedIt was the life and time of a small town heroBut it's another dayI've got my wife, my kids, a job and it's okThis letter of intent now, is just for showThey say it's lonely at the topSo I did not goAndy went to Vietnam back in sixty-fiveWhile some folks kept from goingHe kept some folks aliveA purple heart is on his shelfThat he never wearsA broken one sit in his chestFor what he lost thereIt was the life and times of a small town heroBut it's another dayHe's got his wife, his kids, a job and it's okThe letter from the president now, is just for showHe could have hid out way up northBut he did not goJohn got his notice, gonna take the farm awayHe worked it half his lifeHe worked Ii every dayHe burned his fields his cropsAnd the barn before they cameThe neighbors cheered and watched as john walked awayIt was the life and times of a small town heroBut it's another dayHe's got his wife, his kids, a job and it's okThe letter from the bank went up in smokeJust when they thought he was downHe did not goIt was the life and times of a small town hero
