Childhood Hero

by Rodney D.  Hall

Written for Uncle Chuck whom I have always looked up to

Presented and Sung by Ricky & Rodney for his 90^th Birthday August 2009

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He learned how to work when working was hard

Stretching each dollar farther than far

He knew where he was going, He was my childhood hero

He loved flying planes and driving fast cars

Fishin’ and family and reaching for the stars

His adventurous life made him my childhood hero

He left college back in forty-one

Defending our country with courage and gun

His Love for America made him my child-hood hero

At the Battle of the Buldge in nineteen forty-five

A Purple Heart shows his will to survive

Character of steel made him my childhood hero

Bigger than life, cooler than cool

The kind of man children read of in school

Taller than his height, he was my childhood hero

A soldier, a pilot, a hardworking man

Telling stories like no one else can

He seemed to have it all, he was my childhood hero

He met Mary in a small town cafe

Good looks and charm quickly swept her away

Seeing them together made him my childhood hero

He raised his children with great love and pride

Watching their journey to successful lives

His legacy of love made him my childhood hero

I often think of those great summer days

Driving go-carts and flying in planes

Asking and learning 'bout life from my childhood hero

But now I am older, some things need to change

Childhood memories must be rearranged

So from now on I'll simply call him..... my grown-up hero

copyright 2009 Rodney D. Hall, BMI