On the steel mills down in Pittsburgh
To those wide west Texas plains
Now Tammy sang in the jailhouse now
And rode those lonesome trains
It was a music born of the people
And gave Foley and Williams a start
It was songs that live 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 airway 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 song

Well it was Cash and Pierce and Lefty
Wilson, Jones, and Price
It was star-crossed lovers and wondering cowboys
And honky-tonkin' nights
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 heroes
And songs that turn on the lights
So here's to the airway 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 song

So here's to my radio heroes
Listen America, I'm singing your song