When I was a young boy, I didn't need much
A kind word or two, or a warm touch
But instead, I got a man
With an empty beer bottle and a screaming hand
[chorus]
You are my hero x4
Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
You are my hero x4
And you're dying now
I tried my best, to still have fun
Cowboys and Indians, mudpies and cap-guns
But instead, I got a man
With an empty beer bottle and a screaming hand
[chorus]
But that young boy, he's older now
He thought life was simple, but he's finding out
Just how hard things were, for this old man
With an empty beer bottle in his screaming hand
When I was a young boy, I didn't need much A kind word or two, or a warm touch But instead, I got a man With an empty beer bottle and a screaming hand
[chorus] You are my hero x4 Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no You are my hero x4 And you're dying now
I tried my best, to still have fun Cowboys and Indians, mudpies and cap-guns But instead, I got a man With an empty beer bottle and a screaming hand
[chorus]
But that young boy, he's older now He thought life was simple, but he's finding out Just how hard things were, for this old man With an empty beer bottle in his screaming hand