An American Family-The Oak Ridge Boys

[ti:An American Family] [ar:Oak Ridge Boys] [al:40th Anniversary] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]An American Family - The Oak Ridge Boys [00:10.62]Worked all his life in the railyards [00:13.86] [00:14.98]Summer heat winter cold [00:17.46] [00:19.24]He sits by the fire now he'll retire [00:23.18] [00:23.73]Though he doesn't really feel all that old [00:26.97] [00:29.07]She comes in from the kitchen [00:31.46] [00:33.09]And sits on the arm of his chair [00:36.24] [00:37.79]He looks up and says "hey lady I love you" [00:42.03]And runs his fingers through her hair [00:46.86] [00:48.56]And there's a picture on the wall of Jesus in the garden [00:55.24] [00:58.02]It's been there since they got the house in '53 [01:03.89] [01:08.16]Hey they ain't no big deal ain't gonna go down in history [01:14.34] [01:17.38]It's just a little story of an American family [01:24.16] [01:28.27]She waited for him in World War Ⅱ [01:32.28] [01:32.90]He fought the European campaign [01:36.42] [01:37.77]Their son John spent two years in "Nam" [01:41.37] [01:42.00]But that war wasn't the same [01:45.72] [01:46.96]Billy's out in L A [01:48.95]He's a lawyer now [01:50.56] [01:51.28]They worry he's so far away [01:54.50] [01:56.19]Jeannie got married [01:57.52] [01:58.20]And lives there in town [02:00.18]They're comin' over with the kids today [02:04.89] [02:06.97]And there's a picture on the wall of Jesus in the garden [02:14.29] [02:16.50]It's been there since they got the house in '53 [02:21.78] [02:26.77]Hey they ain't no big deal ain't gonna go down in history [02:32.63] [02:35.92]It's just a little story of an American family [02:43.20] [02:47.56]But the whole world is different now [02:50.42] [02:51.99]Blood's been spilled on our shores [02:55.05] [02:56.08]In hard times we pull together [02:58.61] [03:01.20]That's what a family's for [03:04.04] [03:08.41]Hey there ain't no big deal [03:10.83] [03:12.10]It's written in our history [03:14.59] [03:17.09]We're all part of the story of an American family [03:23.52] [03:26.27]We're all part of the story of an American family