Lyrics

AMERICAN HEROES
COPYRIGHT 2001
JOE KOGER

HEROES DON?T HAVE SET COLORS LIKE BLACK OR WHITE OR TAN
TO HELP US TO DISTINGUISH THEM FROM ORDINARY MEN
IT MIGHT BE A STRANGER YOU?VE NOT MET WHO RISKS HIS LIFE FOR YOU
OR A FRIEND YOU?VE KNOWN FOREVER, AND NEVER KNEW WHAT HE COULD DO

A HERO MIGHT BE A PASSENGER ON A PLANE HIGH ABOVE P.A.
OR A FIREMAN OR A POLICEMAN IN THE CITY ON A SAD AND TRAGIC DAY
A HERO MIGHT BE A SOLDIER BRAVING ALL THE HORRORS A WAR MAY BRING
A HERO IS JUST AN ORDINARY MAN WHO DOES EXTRAORDINARY THINGS
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING

CHORUS:
AND I THANK GOD FOR THE AMERICAN HEROES WHO HAVE FOUGHT AGAINST TYRANNY
FOR ALL THOSE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
SO THAT YOU AND I AND OUR CHILDREN COULD BE FREE
AND I THANK GOD FOR THE HEROES ON THAT PLANE HIGH ABOVE P. A.
AND THE HEROES DRESSED AS FIREMEN AND POLICEMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES TO SAVE THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS-
I (IN THE CITY) (NEW YORK CITY)
THAT SAD DAY

HEROES ARE NOT FEARLESS, THEY MAY TREMBLE AND THEY MAY CRY
BUT THEIR COURAGE DRIVES THEM ONWARD WHEN THEY KNOW SOMEONE
MAY DIE
THEY NEVER STOP TO CONSIDER WHAT DANGERS THEY ARE IN
EVEN TO THE EXTENT OF GIVING THEIR OWN LIVES TO SAVE THE LIVES OF THEIR FELLOW MEN

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