Worked all his life in the railyards Summer heat winter cold He sits by the fire, this year he'll retire Though he doesn'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" And 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 Hey they ain't no big deal, ain't gonna go down in history It's just a little story of an American family She waited for him in World War 11 He fought the European campaign Their sin John spent two years in "Nam But that war wasn't the same Billy's out in L.A. He's a lawyer now They worry he;s so far away Jeannie got married And lives there in town They're comin' 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 Hey they ain't no big deal, ain't gonna go down in history
