For thirty years she's been writing her name on the chalkboard in a classroom at P.S. 14 It's just social studies, science and math But to every single kid in her third grade class, she's a hero He's got a badge on a billfold in his kitchen drawer He was just out of college when he joined the force It's his call of duty, he's just doing his job But to all his friends and neighbors, it sure means a lot He's a hero Yeah, a hero Yeah, they're everyday angels Here to help us when we need them most Names and faces we may never know Heroes Yeah, heroes Maybe it's a soldier on a foreign coast A ballet teacher or a little league coach We've all got them, they ain't hard to see They're the first ones to get there and the last to leave Heroes Yeah, heroes Yeah, they're everyday angels Here to help us when we need them most Names and faces we may never know Heroes Yeah, heroes Yeah, they're everyday angels Here to help us when we need them most Names and faces we may never know Heroes Yeah, heroes Yeah, heroes Yeah, heroes Everyday heroes Oh, yeah