My Hero Too

My Grandpaw’s Hero, was born in 1919

In backwoods Calhoun County Alabama

His mama died giving birth

He was left without a home

Another family took him in

Raised him as their own

Till the night their house burnt down in flames

And he learned his real last name

One day when I meet him over on the other side

I’ll play a game of checkers, then sing a song or two

Most of all, I just wanna tell him

He’s my hero too

Had to teach himself how to be a man, Quit school to work with his bare hands

Wasn’t nobody better with a shotgun

Then one day he heard the news

They needed help in World War Two

So he signed up to fight

Went overseas to risk his life

And when he came back home

Everything he had was gone

One day when I meet him over on the other side

I’ll play a game of checkers, then sing a song or two

Most of all, I just wanna tell him

He had a million reasons to be angry

I guess he just wasn’t the bitter kind

And as he aged the sickness came and slowly took his mind

But he could still sing “God Is Love”

Cause that’s what he felt inside

After 83 years he met his Momma the day he died

She finally got to hold him and say “Son I sure love you”

He’s my Great Granddaddy that I never knew

He’s my hero too