I'm standin in a bar
singin my songs
theres six people hangin around
they've got nowhere else to go
I'm a hero, thats what I do
no one buys my records
no one knows my old songs
I've played here before
there were so many people
I'm a hero , thats what I do
looked at from another direction,
this could seem pretty sad
tragic even
I gotta pull somethin out of this moment
that woman at the back of the room
shes travelled so far
I'm a hero , thats what I do
I'm livin out the other side of a dream
I'm comin down
I'm flattening out
I'm slowly makin my way back to the big room
I'm a hero , thats what I do
I've seen this place before
I've been around three times
there must be somethin I could do
am I in colour?
or is it black and white from now on?
am I losing?
am I winning?
how long have I been playing?
when did it become a game?
I'm a hero , thats what I do
you know they can't breathe this atmosphere
people off the street can't live at this speed
I'm ridin over the scene
I'm all over the room
I'm a hero , thats what I do
I got blues
heroic blues
I don't just lose
I make heroic blues
its a star vehicle
and I'm the writer
and I'm the director
and I'm the player
I'm editing in camera
I got blues
I got blues
heroic blues
my life has a life of its own
my dreams have dreams of their own
my blues have blues of their own
I got blues
heroic blues