Heroes

They say that when it comes to choosing heroes It's best to pick the ones who aren't around If you choose among the living You tend to have misgivings When your hero lets you down He might have a bad night in your town And so I will not name my heroes And I'll keep my distance when I can But if time should bend or break them I hope I won't forsake them If by chance they need a friend Or need to walk on ordinary ground God knows it must be tough to be a hero To wake up in a hero's state of mind They say it's hard to be heroic Much easier to blow it When somebody's watching all the time And you're dancing on the thin edge of a dime They say it's hard, so hard They say it's hard, ain't it hard If someday I'm mistaken for a hero I only hope it's after I am gone Some of us are heroes Some of us are zeros Wannabes who never were the one But who is who when all is said and done They say that when it comes to choosing heroes It's best to pick the ones who aren't around If you choose among the living You tend to have misgivings When your hero lets you down He might have a bad night in your town --- Heroes - John Gorka