Hero

Composed by：Sturgill Simpson

Decided to write a song for my hero

Considering he's done so much for me

He's the one that pulled me up

When I fell down so low

He's the one led me through darkness

When I could not see

Never met a man more gentle or any humbler

Never once heard him raise his voice or saw him mad

But I watched him break his back on the coal and lumber

To give her everything she never had

'Cause when it all comes down to zero

There's nothing more this life could ever give

And I know I'll never find another hero

Not another one like him

He was born on a summer day in some dark holler

Way back in the hills of Perry County

But grew up poor he never saw a dollar

But a dollar ain't no good in a coal camp anyway

'Cause when it all comes down to zero

There's nothing more this life could ever give

And I know I'll never find another hero

Not another one like him

And if I'm half the man he was when I die

I don't know if I could ask for too much more

Taught me you only need one hand

To count your real friends in this life

You find true love you better take both arms

Hold on 'til you're sore

Oh

'Cause when it all comes down to zero

There's nothing more this life could ever give

And I know I'll never find another hero

Not another one like him

Decided to write a song for my hero

Considering he's done so much for me