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Closer To Home Lyrics

The Oak Ridge Boys

He's 68 and brings my morning paper
Each day while it's dark
Then hustles off to greet folks
At the Highway 9 Walmart.

His daughter flew back in last year
With their two boys, twelve and ten,
Then she skipped town and left him
And his wife to care for them.

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It used to be Superman
Johnny Benson, then George Jones
But lately I've been findin'
All my heroes closer to home.

Every time I see a squad car
A-passin' by our house
I think of brave hearts behind badges
Ready when a call goes out.

Seems since 9/11
It's been on my mind
How they wake up every morning
And put their lives on the line.

CHORUS

Got a life, found the lovin'
Got some children of my own
And some nights I stand there by their bedside
In the dark alone.

And I think back on my childhood
And the sweet times that I had
Now I see the sacrifice it took
From my mum and dad.

CHORUS
But lately I've been findin'
All my heroes closer to home.