Small Town Hero

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 ok
 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 ok
 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 ok
 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