Worked all his life in the railyard, 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, whatever go down in history.
It's just a little story of an American family.
She waited for him in World War II, he bought the European campaign.
Their son John spent two years in Nome, that war just wasn't the same.
Billy's out in L.A., he's a lawyer now, they worry he's so far away.
Jeannie got mad and lives here in town, they're coming 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, whatever go down in history.
It's just a little story of an American family.
But the whole world is different now, blood's been spilled on our shore.
In hard times we pull together, that's what a family's for.
Hey, it 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.
Thank you.