Hero Songtext
von Keni Thomas

Just eighteen, growing up on the wrong side of the law
Somewhere, someday he knew he′d have to rise above it all
He told his family he's gonna go fight for his land
Dear brother can hold down the farm and mama please understand

Mama begged him not to go
Mama lost her little boy but a country gained a hero

The desert air hit him square in the face said, "Boy, you arrived"
And somewhere in between the fight he
Finally knew what it meant to be alive
He was just three years shy of twenty-one and they gave that boy a gun

Mama begged him not to go
Mama lost her little boy but a country gained a hero


Yeah, well some say a hero is born to be brave
But I′m here to tell you the hero is a scared man that don't walk away

Mama sits by the flag of the USA
Tears well up in her eyes as she bows her head to pray
And she says, "Son, I know you had to go"

Mama lost her little boy but a country gained a hero
Yeah, gained a hero
Well, gained a hero
We gained a hero
Yeah, gained a hero
Gained a hero
For the USA
Oh, for the USA