Hero - Sturgill Simpson

Decided to write a song for my hero

Considering he’s done so much for me

He’s the one that pulled me up when I fell down so low

He’s the one that led me through the darkness when I could not see

Never met a man more gentle or any humbler

Never once heard him raise his voice or saw him mad

But I watched him break his back on coal and lumber

To give her everything she never had

Cause when it all comes down to zero

There’s nothing more this life could ever give

And I know I’ll never find another hero

Not another one like him

Born on a summer day in some dark holler

Way back in the hills of Perry County

Well he grew up poor and he never saw a dollar

But a dollar ain’t no good in a coal camp anyway

Cause when it all comes down to zero

There’s nothing more this life could ever give

And I know I’ll never find another hero

Not another one like him

And if I’m half the man he is when I die

I don’t know if I could ask for too much more

He taught me you only need one hand

To count your real friends in this life

But if you find true love you better take both arms

And hold on til your sore