Hero In Our House

There was a hero in my house, I really miss her That's her on the porch, right there holding my sister Used to wake me up for school, help put on my clothes Lunch in the fridge, wrapped and foiled to stay cold And then she walked out, the hero in my house Now my heart is locked in a caged Thrown into the river, I can't help this rage Sometimes I wonder what she's doing up there now Do they see her like we do? The hero in our house Yeah, we're all a little numb, that's not the intention Things that we saw, just hurt too much to mention I hurt for the pain, hurt and I'm grieving Oddest thing is, there's just no getting even Her body took her out, the hero in our house Now this heart is locked in a cage Thrown into the river, Yeah, I can't help this rage Sometimes I wonder what she's doing up there now Do they see her like we do? The hero in our house Some things you can't forget, some folks, you don't either Can try to outrun pain, you stop and feel the fever I need to get drunk, feeling so crazy I need to get work done, but then I just get lazy If she could see me now, the hero in our house It really gets me down, it really bums me out Now this heart is locked in a cage Thrown into the river, yeah, I can't help this rage And sometimes I wonder what she's doing up there now Do they see her like we do? The hero in our house There was a hero in our house, sent down from heaven Then she went back, for the age of sixty-seven But she told us all goodbye, told us she was proud And that's how she went out, the hero in our house