Small Town Hero Lyrics - Sawyer Brown

I just turned twenty-nine three years in a row 

Too young to be the president too old to turn pro 

But when the seventies came and Elvis died 

I could not fill his shoes but oh how I tried 

It was the life and time of a small town hero but it's another day 

I've got my wife, my kids, a job and it's okay 

This letter of intent now, is just for show 

They say it's lonely at the top so, I did not go 

Andy went to Vietnam back in sixty-five 

While some folks kept from going he kept some folks alive 

A purple heart is on his shelf that he never wears 

A broken one sit in his chest for what he lost there 

It was the life and times of a small town hero but it's another day 

He's got his wife, his kids, a job and it's okay 

The letter from the president now, is just for show 

He could have hid out way up north but he did not go 

John got his notice, gonna take the farm away 

He worked it half his life he worked Ii every day 

He burned his fields his crops and the barn before they came 

The neighbors cheered and watched as john walked away 

It was the life and times of a small town hero but it's another day 

He's got his wife, his kids, a job and it's okay 

The letter from the bank went up in smoke 

Just when they thought he was down he did not go 

It was the life and times of a small town hero