He drove a '47 Buick Special Them dusty roads were hell on the shine And about once a week, he's be done by the creek And I'd help him wash it sometimes
He had a pinstripe suit and a gold watch And a gold chain that hung on his chest He drank a little and he gambled a lot He was a wild one, I guess
Oh, but everybody needs a hero Savannah Slim was mine When you're ten years old down in south Georgia Heroes are hard to find
Lord, how he loved country music He played an old Peavey guitar At a roadhouse one night, he was called on to fight Somebody pushed him too far
So he served a little time in prison But he served four long years in the war It was in Pacific where he got his tattoo Two hearts in blue on his arm
Oh, but everybody needs a hero Savannah Slim was mine When you're ten years old down in south Georgia Heroes are hard to find
Now Mama says I turned out just like him She worries and prays that I'll change I didn't know 'til a few days ago Why he sent me his gold watch and chain
Oh, but everybody needs a hero Savannah Slim was mine When you're ten years old down in south Georgia Heroes are hard to find
When you're ten years old down in south Georgia Heroes are hard to find Savannah Slim was mine