A                                 E 
I'll be glad to sign my autograph if you want me to 
D                                     E 
God knows I love singing, that's what I was born to do 
    A                                   E 
You see me up there center stage in the spotlight for a while 
           D                                  E 
But in the things that really matter I'm just sitting on the isle' 
 
 
(Chorus) 
        D       A 
Cause I've seen a third grade angel with dark circles 'neath her eyes 
D       A       E 
Not a trace of hair left on her head saying Daddy please don't cry 
  C                             G        
A single mom working overtime a college kid reading to the blind 
F       E       A        
When you look for heroes know that I'm just a singer in a band 
 
A       E        
I'm thankful to be living in this childhood dream come true 
D       E 
But sometimes the attention just leaves me confused 
        A       E 
Yeah I love my t-shirt on those kids my name there up in lights 
        D       E 
But when the show is done and I'm on the bus riding through the night' 
 
 
(Chorus) 
  D                                A 
I think of New York City and those firemen and cops 
    D                                A                    E 
Who ran in and laid down their lives because it was their job  
  C                                     G 
A Soldier in a field of mines with each step he lays it on the line 
F                                  E    A   E D A E 
When you look for heroes know that I'm just a singer in a band 
 
    C                                 G 
I'm humbled when you take the time to hear my life and verse and rhyme 
F                                 E                      A     
When it comes to heroes know that I'm just a singer in a band 
E                   D   E 
I'm a singer in a band 
        A                         E 
I'll be glad to sign my autograph if you want me to 
D                                     E 
God knows I love singing, that's what I was born to do