Heroic Blues (Live)

I'm standing in a bar

Singing my song

Sixteen people hanging around

They got nowhere else to go

I'm a hero

It's what I do

No one buys my records

No one knows my old songs

I played this place before

There were so many people

There must be something I could do

That woman at the back of the room

She's travelled so far

I'm a hero

It's what I do

I'm living out the other side of the dream

I'm coming down

I'm flattening out

Hey

I'm slowly making my way back to the big room

Yeah

I'm a hero

It's what I do

I played this place before

I've been around three times

Am I in colour?

Is it black and white from now on?

Hey, I'm all over the room

Yeah

You know

They can't breathe this atmosphere

People off the street

They can't live at this speed

I'm a hero

It's what I do

I don't make blues

I got heroic blues

You know

My dreams have got dreams of their own and mine

My blues have got blues of their own and mine

My life has got a life of its own

I'm a hero

I don't make blues

I got heroic blues

Yeah

Oh

'Cause it's a star vehicle

And I'm the writer

And I'm the director

And I'm the player

And I'm editing in camera

I'm a hero

It's what I do