Small Town Southern Man-Country Heroes

[ti:Small Town Southern Man] [ar:Country Heroes] [al:A Salute to Alan Jackson] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Small Town Southern Man - Country Heroes [00:18.38]Born the middle son [00:19.49] [00:20.18]Of a farmer [00:20.98]And a small town [00:22.30]Southern man [00:23.11] [00:25.49]Like his daddy's [00:26.55]Daddy before him [00:28.10]Brought up [00:28.68]Workin' on the land [00:29.65] [00:32.91]Fell in love [00:33.72]With a small town woman [00:35.27]And they married up [00:36.54]And settled down [00:37.09] [00:39.94]Natural way of life [00:41.00] [00:41.65]If you're lucky [00:42.57]For a small town [00:43.95]Southern man [00:44.48] [00:48.97]First there came [00:50.02]Four pretty daughters [00:51.51]For this small town [00:52.88]Southern man [00:53.54] [00:56.12]Then a few years [00:57.21]Later came another [00:58.20] [00:59.13]A boy he wasn't planned [01:00.86] [01:03.30]Seven people [01:03.87] [01:04.41]Living all together [01:05.46] [01:06.12]In a house built [01:07.37]With his own hands [01:08.33] [01:10.68]Little words with love [01:12.10]And understanding [01:13.17]From a small town [01:14.59]Southern man [01:15.06] [01:18.42]And he bowed [01:20.04]His head to Jesus [01:20.86] [01:22.01]And he stood [01:23.37]For Uncle Sam [01:24.38] [01:25.51]And he only loved [01:27.62]One woman [01:28.11] [01:28.96]He was always proud [01:30.65]Of what he had [01:31.46] [01:33.03]He said [01:33.43]His greatest contribution [01:34.86] [01:36.42]Is the ones [01:37.89]You leave behind [01:38.86] [01:41.37]Raised on the ways [01:42.87]And gentle kindness [01:44.07]Of a small town [01:45.25]Southern man [01:45.83] [01:58.12]Callous hands [01:59.26]Told the story [01:59.99]For this small town [02:01.58]Southern man [02:02.14] [02:04.70]He gave it all [02:05.77]To keep it all together [02:06.78] [02:07.44]Keep his family [02:08.35]On his land [02:08.91] [02:12.01]Like his daddy [02:13.08]Years wore out his body [02:14.67]Made it hard [02:15.53]Just to walk [02:16.21]And stand [02:16.61] [02:18.32]You can break the back [02:20.21]But you can't break [02:21.19]The spirit [02:21.95]Of a small town [02:23.11]Southern man [02:23.66] [02:27.00]And he bowed [02:28.51]His head to Jesus [02:29.61] [02:30.59]And he stood [02:31.83]For Uncle Sam [02:32.97] [02:34.09]And he only loved [02:36.03]One woman [02:36.86] [02:37.69]He was always proud [02:39.28]Of what he had [02:40.44] [02:41.68]He said [02:42.03]His greatest contribution [02:43.56] [02:44.87]Is the ones [02:46.28]You leave behind [02:47.40] [02:49.95]Raised on the ways [02:51.32]And gentle kindness [02:52.74]Of a small town [02:53.85]Southern man [02:54.39] [03:17.49]Finally death [03:18.09] [03:18.78]Came callin' [03:19.40]For this small town [03:20.96]Southern man [03:21.53] [03:23.11]He said it's alright [03:25.01]'Cause I see angels [03:26.80]And they got me [03:27.64]By the hand [03:28.38] [03:31.35]Don't you cry [03:32.43]And don't you worry [03:33.50] [03:34.38]I'm blessed [03:34.75]And I know I am [03:36.21] [03:38.51]'Cause God [03:38.92]Has a place in heaven [03:41.22]For a small town [03:42.50]Southern man [03:43.13] [03:46.35]And he bowed [03:47.80]His head to Jesus [03:48.96] [03:49.92]And he stood [03:51.42]For Uncle Sam [03:52.34] [03:53.41]And he only loved [03:55.54]One woman [03:56.23] [03:56.95]He was always proud [03:58.46]Of what he had [03:59.41] [04:00.99]He said [04:01.40]His greatest contribution [04:03.04] [04:04.35]Is the ones [04:05.88]You leave behind [04:06.86] [04:09.34]Raised on the ways [04:10.87]And gentle kindness [04:12.11]Of a small town [04:13.21]Southern man [04:13.77] [04:16.46]Raised on the ways [04:17.93]And gentle kindness [04:19.26]Of a small town [04:20.39]Southern man