Heroes Pass Us By

I know how this ends

The worst man you can think of

With a pistol in his hands

You don’t fool me once

All this talk of revolution

From a money lender’s son

I’ve been around, I’ve been around

I’ve been around long enough

To hear all of the fighting words I need to

I’ve been around, I’ve been around

I’ve been around long enough

So see through all the things I need to see through

Heroes pass us by

And we tell them that we love them

Then we murder them in public every time

Children as us why

But we never have an answer

We just hope that they’ll stop asking, by and by

I’ve been around, I’ve been around

I’ve been around long enough

To hear all of the fighting words I need to

I’ve been around, I’ve been around

I’ve been around long enough

So see through all the things I need to see through

Even though you’ve gone away

I still carry you inside, I still carry you inside