Jill Sobule - Heroes Lyrics
Why are all our heroes so imperfectWhy do they always bring me downWhy are all our heroes so imperfectThe statue in the park has lost his crownWilliam Faulkner drunk and depressedDorothy Parker mean, drunk and depressedAnd that guy in Seven Years in Tibet turned out to be a naziThe founding fathers all had slaves, the explorers slaughtered the braves,The Old Testament God can be so pettyPaul McCartney jealous of John, even more so now that he's goneDylan was so mean to Donovan in that moviePablo Picasso cruel to his wivesMy favorite poets took their own livesOrson Welles peaked at 25, ballooned before our eyesand he sold bad wineHeard Babe Ruth was full of maliceLewis Carroll I'm sure did AlicePlato in the cave with those very young boysTS Elliott hated Jews, FDR didn't save the JewsAll the French joined the resistance after the warRaymond Chandler drunk and depressedTennessee Williams drunk and depressedThink I'll just get drunk and depressed.
