Everybody Needs A Hero Lyrics

He drove a '47 Buick Special
Them dusty roads were hell on the shine
About once a week
He'd be down by the creek
And I'd help him wash it sometime
He had a pinstriped suit and a gold watch
And a gold chain that hung from his chest
He drank a little
And he gambled alot
He was a wild one, I guess

Chorus:
Oh but everybody needs a hero
Savannah Slim was mine
When you're ten years old
Down in south Georgia
Heroes are hard to find

---4 bar instrumental---

Lord how he loved country music
He played an old Gibson guitar
At a roadhouse one night
He was called on to fight
Somebody pushed him to far
So he served a little time in prison
But he served four long years in the war Gene Watson - Everybody Needs A Hero - http://motolyrics.com/gene-watson/everybody-needs-a-hero-lyrics.html
It was in the Pacific where he got his tatoo
Two hearts in blue on his arm

Chorus:
Oh but everybody needs a hero
Savannah Slim was mine
When you're ten years old
Down in south Georgia
Heroes are hard to find

My mama says I turned out just like him
She worries and prays that I'll change
I didn't know
Til a few days ago
Why he sent me his gold watch and chain

Chorus:
Oh but everybody needs a hero
Savannah Slim was mine
When you're ten years old
Down in south Georgia
Heroes are hard to find
When you're ten years old down in south Georgia

When you're ten years old down in sourh Georgia
Heroes are hard to find
Savannah Slim was mine