Heroes

JILL SOBULE, ROBIN EATON

Why are all our heroes so imperfect
Why do they always bring me down
Why are all our heroes so imperfect
The statue in the park has lost his crown

William Faulkner drunk and depressed
Dorothy Parker mean, drunk and depressed
And that guy in Seven Years in Tibet turned out to be a nazi
The founding fathers all had slaves, the explorers slaughtered the braves,
The Old Testament God can be so petty

Paul McCartney jealous of John, even more so now that he's gone
Dylan was so mean to Donovan in that movie
Pablo Picasso cruel to his wives
My favorite poets took their own lives
Orson Welles peaked at 25, ballooned before our eyes
And he sold bad wine

Why are all our heroes so imperfect
Why do they always bring me down

Heard Babe Ruth was full of malice
Lewis Carroll I'm sure did Alice
Plato in the cave with those very young boys
T.S. Eliot hated Jews, FDR didn't save the Jews
All the French joined the resistance after the war
Raymond Chandler drunk and depressed
Tennessee Williams drunk and depressed
I think I'll just get drunk and depressed.

Trivia about the song Heroes by Jill Sobule

On which albums was the song “Heroes” released by Jill Sobule?
Jill Sobule released the song on the albums “Pink Pearl” in 2000 and “I Never Learned to Swim: Jill Sobule 1990–2000” in 2001.
Who composed the song “Heroes” by Jill Sobule?
The song “Heroes” by Jill Sobule was composed by JILL SOBULE, ROBIN EATON.

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