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