An American Family Lyrics - Singles - Oak Ridge Boys

Worked all his life in the rail yards 

Summer heat, winter cold 

He sits by the fire, now he? s retired 

But he don? t really feel all that old 

She comes in from the kitchen 

And sits on the arm of his chair 

He looks up and says,? Hey, lady, I love you? 

Runs his fingers through her hair 

And there? s a picture on the wall of Jesus in the garden 

It? s been there since they got the house in? 53 

Hey, they ain? t no big deal whatever go down in history 

It? s just a little story of an American family 

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She waited for him in World War two 

He fought the European campaign 

Their son John spent two years in Nam 

That war it wasn? t the same 

Billy? s out in L.A., he? s a lawyer now 

They worry he's so far away 

Jeannie got married and lives here in town 

She's comin? over with the kids today 

And there? s a picture on the wall of Jesus in the garden 

It? s been there since they got the house in? 53 

Hey, there ain? t no big deal, whatever go down in history 

It? s just a little story of an American family 

But the whole world is different now 

Blood's been spilled on our shores 

In hard times we pull together 

That's what a family's for 

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Hey, there ain? t no big deal 

It's written in our history 

We're all part of the story of an American family 

We're all part of the story of an American family