Heroes

When I was young, I used to trade

My comic books and homemade guns

And little cowboys on the run

Were killers just like me

We'd hang those dirty outlaws high

With rawhide ropes of binder twine

Red Ryder was a friend of mine

A hero just for me

I remember when we stole

A can of tobacco from the hired hand

And seein' as how we were workin' men

We'd smoke 'til we were green

And we could spit and we could fight

And we'd believe each other's lies

Ridin' fast and ridin' high

For all the world to see

Whatever happened to my heroes?

They don't make 'em like they did in '44

But they were there when I needed them

I wish they'd all come back again

'Cause I don't have no heroes anymore

They travel through my memory

Those riders and their legacy

I know they all remembered me

They called me by my name

Then like a ghost from yesterday

My heroes thunder on their way

Back into a lonely grave

For all eternity

Whatever happened to my heroes?

They don't make 'em like they did in '44

But they were there when I needed them

I wish they'd all come back again

'Cause I don't have no heroes anymore

Whatever happened to my heroes? (My heroes)

They don't make 'em like they did in '44

But they were there when I needed them

I wish they'd all come back again

'Cause I don't have no heroes anymore

They were there when I needed them

I wish they'd all come back again

'Cause I don't have no heroes anymore

No, I don't have no heroes anymore