The Oak Ridge Boys - An American Family lyrics

Worked all his life in the rail yards
Summer heat winter cold he sit's by the fire
This year he'll retire
He don't really feel all that old
She comes in from the kitchen
And sit's on the arm of his chair
He looks up and says "hey lady I love you"
Runs his fingers through her hair

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 it wasn't the same


Billy's out in LA, he's a lawyer now
They worry he's so far away
Jeannie got married, she lives here in town
They're comin' over with the kids today

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
It's just a little story
Of an American family