I Don't Believe In Heroes Anymore
Transcribed by Lily

Ted:
When I was a little kid
Robin Hood patrolled the wood
With feats too brave and daring to believe
And in the dark of summer nights
Sir Galahad was all I had
To show what strength and purity should be
The heroes I read about
Were what a man should be
The heroes I dreamed about
Were all replaced by me
I fought the villains, saved the maids
And turned the tide of war
But now I’m all grown up
I don’t believe in heroes anymore

When I was a boy of ten
JFK had shown the way
To push the Russians back from firing range
And in my teens a man called “Che”
Spread word of Marx and Mao to say
The world must change
Through harsh and violent means
I sat before my TV set
And watched my heroes die
I read the rags and papers
Showing proof my heroes lied
With early death their only wreath
To pass through heaven’s door
I see their contradictions
And I don’t believe in heroes anymore

Ohhhhhh…..
To just be naïve
To live in a dream
To have someone to believe
Ohhhhhh……
Why can’t life be clean
To just win one for the team
It’s not as simple as it seems

When I left the college scene
We’d make our peace out in the East
And scratched the countless dead on polished walls
And now I hear the country cry
For good old days when flags were raised
And God was on our side against them all
I wonder why
The heroes we clamor for
Are men from past romance
The heroes we gather for
Perform a puppet’s dance
We’re fools if we can’t see the fools
Who’ve fooled us all before
Except when I read books and dream
I don’t believe in heroes anymore