when i was a young boy i didn t need much a kind word or two or a warm touch but instead i got a man with an empty beer bottle in his screaming hand you are my hero oh no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no you are my hero and you re dying now i tried my best to still have fun cowboys and indians mudpies and cap guns but instead i got a man with an empty beer bottle in his screaming hand you are my hero oh no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no you are my hero and you re dying now but that young boy he s older now he thought life was simple but he s finding out just how hard things were for this old man with an empty beer bottle in his screaming hand