An American Family

[ti:An American Family] [ar:Oak Ridge Boys] [al:40th Anniversary] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]An American Family - Oak Ridge Boys [00:10.61]Worked all his life in the railyards [00:13.85] [00:14.97]Summer heat winter cold [00:17.45] [00:19.23]He sits by the fire now he'll retire [00:23.17] [00:23.72]Though he doesn't really feel all that old [00:26.96] [00:29.06]She comes in from the kitchen [00:31.45] [00:33.08]And sits on the arm of his chair [00:36.23] [00:37.78]He looks up and says "hey lady I love you" [00:42.02]And runs his fingers through her hair [00:46.85] [00:48.55]And there's a picture on the wall of Jesus in the garden [00:55.23] [00:58.01]It's been there since they got the house in '53 [01:03.88] [01:08.15]Hey they ain't no big deal ain't gonna go down in history [01:14.33] [01:17.37]It's just a little story of an American family [01:24.15] [01:28.26]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 [02:32.62] [02:35.91]It's just a little story of an American family [02:43.19] [02:47.55]But the whole world is different now [02:50.41] [02:51.98]Blood's been spilled on our shores [02:55.04] [02:56.07]In hard times we pull together [02:58.60] [03:01.19]That's what a family's for [03:04.03] [03:08.40]Hey there ain't no big deal [03:10.82] [03:12.09]It's written in our history [03:14.58] [03:17.08]We're all part of the story of an American family [03:23.51] [03:26.26]We're all part of the story of an American family