The Oak Ridge Boys - An American Family lyrics

Worked all his life in the rail yards Summer heat winter cold He sits by the fire, now he's retired Though he don't really feel all that old. She comes in from the kitchen And sits on the arm of his chair He looks up and says "hey lady I love you" Runs his fingers through her hair. And there's a picture on the wall of Jesus in the garden It's been there since they got the house in '53, It ain't no big deal, won't ever go down in history It's just a little story of an American family. She waited for him in World War 11 He fought the European campaign, Their son John spent two years in "Nam That war wasn't the same. Billy's out in L.A., he's a lawyer now They worry he's so far away, Jeannie got married and lives here in town They're comin' over with the kids today. And there's a picture on the wall of Jesus in the garden It's been there since they got the house in '53, It ain't no big deal, won't ever go down in history It's just a little story of an American family. But the whole world is different now Bloods been spilt on our shores In hard times we pull together That's what a families for Ain't no big deal, it's written in our history We're all part of the story of an American family, We're all part of the story of an American family.