Written after reading a Memphis newspaper some years back.
Tennessee Hero (Country)
Words and Music Robert Michael Turco © 2011, 2015 For The Love Of The Song Music BMI
Touchdown Maker Wally Dean
Pride of Homeburg Tennessee
Threw his passes straight and true
More brave then me more proud then you
Took the boy with the golden arm
Shipped him off to Vietnam
First light red bird carried him home
Saved ten men from a killing zone
Tennessee hero died alone in the street last night
Dog tags bore his rank and name
Tennessee hero buried with a flag and a rosary
Had a funeral but no one came
Just another name in black and white on the OB page
Back in the states he couldn’t hold a job
Turned to drink when his sleep came hard
Lost his friends and then he lost his wife
Drifted town to town tracking down his life
Tennessee hero died alone in the street last night
Dog tags bore his rank and name
Tennessee hero buried with a flag and a rosary
Had a funeral but no one came
Just another name in black and white on the OB page
Touchdown maker Wally Lee
Pride of Homeburg Tennessee
Bravest man you’ll ever meet
Starved to death on a Memphis street
Tennessee hero died alone in the street last night
Dog tags bore his rank and name
Tennessee hero buried with a flag and a rosary
Had a funeral but no one came
Just another name Oh my
Just another name Oh my
Just another name Oh my
Words and Music Robert Michael Turco © 2011, 2015 For The Love Of The Song Music BMI
Touchdown Maker Wally Dean
Pride of Homeburg Tennessee
Threw his passes straight and true
More brave then me more proud then you
Took the boy with the golden arm
Shipped him off to Vietnam
First light red bird carried him home
Saved ten men from a killing zone
Tennessee hero died alone in the street last night
Dog tags bore his rank and name
Tennessee hero buried with a flag and a rosary
Had a funeral but no one came
Just another name in black and white on the OB page
Back in the states he couldn’t hold a job
Turned to drink when his sleep came hard
Lost his friends and then he lost his wife
Drifted town to town tracking down his life
Tennessee hero died alone in the street last night
Dog tags bore his rank and name
Tennessee hero buried with a flag and a rosary
Had a funeral but no one came
Just another name in black and white on the OB page
Touchdown maker Wally Lee
Pride of Homeburg Tennessee
Bravest man you’ll ever meet
Starved to death on a Memphis street
Tennessee hero died alone in the street last night
Dog tags bore his rank and name
Tennessee hero buried with a flag and a rosary
Had a funeral but no one came
Just another name Oh my
Just another name Oh my
Just another name Oh my
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