MATTHEW GREW UP FARMING IN MOOSE LAKE MINNESOTA
HE PLAYED FOOTBALL AND DREAMED OF COLLEGE
HAVING A FAMILY WHEN HE WAS OLDER
HE HAD THREE THOUSAND REASONS
FOR JOINING UP TO FIGHT
IN THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY

HE WAS WILLING TO GIVE HIS LIFE



HEROES COME FROM SMALL TOWNS

POOR KIDS AND CLASS CLOWNS

EVERYBODY KNOWS WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE

THEY'RE THE FIRST ONE IN LINE FOR THE COUNTRY THEY LOVE

THE COST OF FREEDOM IS BURIED IN THE GROUND

HEROES COME FROM SMALL TOWNS



THERE'S MANY MORE JUST LIKE HIM

FROM ALL AROUND THIS LAND

JUST LIKE THEIR FATHERS BEFORE THEM

THEY'RE NOT AFRAID TO TAKE A STAND

THEY MIGHT NOT MAKE THE PAPERS

OR BE ON THE NIGHTLY NEWS

BUT THEIR IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER

FOR WHAT THEY CHOSE TO DO



HEROES COME FROM SMALL TOWNS

POOR KIDS AND CLASS CLOWNS

EVERYBODY KNOWS WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE

THEY'RE THE FIRST ONE IN LINE FOR THE COUNTRY THEY LOVE

THE COST OF FREEDOM IS BURIED IN THE GROUND

HEROES COME FROM SMALL TOWNS



ALL ACROSS THIS NATION

THEY ANSWER THE CALL

THERE'LL BE AN INVITATION

IN HEAVEN FOR THEM ALL



HEROES COME FROM SMALL TOWNS

POOR KIDS AND CLASS CLOWNS

EVERYBODY KNOWS WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE

THEY'RE THE FIRST ONE IN LINE FOR THE COUNTRY THEY LOVE

THE COST OF FREEDOM IS BURIED IN THE GROUND

HEROES COME FROM SMALL TOWNS



HEROES COME FROM SMALL TOWNS

LIKE MOORESVILLE NORTH CAROLINA

HEROES COME FROM SMALL TOWNS

LIKE CEDAR FALLS WASHINGTON

HEROES COME FROM SMALL TOWNS

LIKE LIBERY MISSOURI

HEROES COME FROM SMALL TOWNS

CHERRY HILL NEW JERSEY TO SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA

AND EVERY TOWN IN BETWEEN

HEROES COME FROM SMALL TOWNS