different in his sexuality
I'd never seen the threat
As the years went by, we drifted apart
When I heard that he was gone,
I felt the shadow cross my heart
Hero saves a drowning child
Hero lands a crippled airplane
Hero, not the handsome actor
Hero, not the kind of girl
who'd love to sell her soul
I didn't know the girl, but I knew her family
All their lives were shattered
in a nightmare of brutality
in the goodness of humanity
As the years went by, we drifted apart
When I heard that she was gone,
I felt a shadow cross my heart
Hero is the pride of purpose
Her o, not the champion player,
who plays the perfect game
Hero, not the glamour boy,
who loves to sell his name
Everybody's buying, nobody's hero
When I heard that you were gone,
I felt the shadow cross my heart
Lives a crippled airplane
Who'd love to sell her soul