From the steel mills down in Pittsburgh
To those wide west Texas plains
Jimmy sang in the jailhouse now
And rode those lonesome trains
It was the music born of the people
And gave Foley and Williams a start
It was songs that lived forever
They still echo in my heart
So here's to my radio heroes
And songs that turn on the lights
So here's to the highway captains
that played the hits all night
There was magic in the music
and those memories still live on
So here's to my radio heroes, listen
America, I'm singing your songs
Well it was Cash and Pierce and Lefty,
Wills and Jones and Price
It was star -crossed lovers
and wandering cowboys
and honky -tonking knights
There were diamonds on the jukebox
and they keep shining on
In the factories and fields
and coal mines
People still sang along
So here's to my radio her oes
And songs that turn on the lights
So here's to the airwave captains
That played the hits all night
That was magic in the music,
and those memories still live on
So here's to my radio her oes, listen
America, I'm singing your song
So here's to my radio her oes, listen
America, I'm singing your song
Thank you for