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 me out The hero in my house Now my heart It's locked in a cage 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 The 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 It's 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 It's 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 There was a hero in our house Sent down from heaven Then she went back 'Fore the age of 67 But she told us all goodbye Told us she was proud And that's how she went out The hero in our house