When A Hero Was Needed

Dismissed in the town as a never do well And without any achievements in life of for to tell One of the local community's marginalized But people like him as is known have surprised Joe and Jill Brookes only child ten years old Sue Her reason for being alive today to him it is due Whilst swimming in the bay she got into difficulty And by the retreating waves was being swept out to sea He could hear her screaming for help from the shore An the danger to his own life he choose to ignore Despite the huge waves out to her he did swim And for saving her life she can only thank him A new found respect in the community by him won When a hero was needed he was the one.