Story Behind The Song

When the shootings happened in Tuscan Arizona, it hurt us so much for the victims, (Hero's), that we decided to write a song to honor them.

Lyrics

HERO'S
© GLENN MARTIN AND BETTY MARTIN 2011

THERE WAS A MEETING AND PEOPLE WERE GATHERED
ON THAT SATURDAY
THEY WERE THERE TO MEET HER IN PERSON
AT THE SAFEWAY
STANDING IN LINE, WAITING THEIR TURN
WANTING TO HEAR WHAT THEY COULD LEARN
CONGRESS ON THE CORNER WAS WHY THEY CAME
AND EVERYONE KNEW HER NAME
YES, THEY ALL KNEW HER NAME

THE CROWD WAS MADE UP OF ALL DIFFERENT AGES
INCLUDING A NINE YEAR OLD
OLDER COUPLES AND PEOPLE IN COLLEGE
TALKING ABOUT THINGS THEY KNOW
A JUDGE WHO KNEW HER HAD STOPPED THERE, TOO
TO SAY HELLO, AND SEE WHAT HE COULD DO
ALL OF THE PEOPLE COULD SAY THE SAME
EVERYONE KNEW HER NAME
YES, THEY ALL KNEW HER NAME

ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE SHOTS STARTED FIRING
TO EVERYONE'S SHOCK AND SURPRISE
DUCKING FOR COVER, TRYING TO SAVE EACH OTHER
WHEN THEY REALIZED. YES, THEY REALIZED.
THE SHOOTER HAD STOPPED SO THEY LOOKED AROUND
A COLONEL AND OTHERS HAD HIM ON THE GROUND

PEOPLE WERE HURT, TRYING TO STOP THE PAIN
HERO'S THEY BECAME
YES, HERO'S THEY ALL BECAME
WHEN IT WAS OVER ALL CAME TOGETHER
TO TRY TO SAVE THEIR LIVES
ONE HOLDING HER HEAD UP, STOP THE BLEEDING OF OTHERS
THE MAN WHO SAVED HIS WIFE
WORKING AT IT AS FAST AS THEY COULD
DOING EVERYTHING JUST AS THEY SHOULD
ACTING AS IF FOR THIS THEY WERE TRAINED
HERO'S THEY BECAME
YES, HERO'S THEY ALL BECAME

PEOPLE REMEMBERED ALL OF THE MESSAGES
THAT CERTAIN ONES DID SEND
PROMOTING HATRED, SHOOTING AND KILLING
THESE WOULD HAVE TO END, YES THESE WOULD HAVE TO END
AND FOR THE GOOD THAT YOU HAVE DONE
THE ONES WHO WERE THERE IN TUCSON
MAY GOD BLESS YOUR NAMES
AND THE HERO'S YOU BECAME
YES THE HERO'S YOU ALL BECAME

THE HERO'S YOU ALL BECAME
THE HERO'S YOU ALL BECAME