Don't Be a Hero Songtext

von Jim Capaldi

Don't be a hero. Heroes are so sad.
Don't be a hero. It'll just make you feel bad.
Beware of the candyman. He doesn't realize
That the present that he's brought for you.
Is gonna burn out your eyes.

Old Pharaoh's daughter once swallowed a grain.
Which took her to Hades where they blew out her brain.
And all the physicians just looked on in shame.
While from the walls of the temple they erased her name.

"I'll see you tomorrow' I heard someone say.
The man he was talking to had faded away.
0 how he must have cried when he was alone.
For the devil had taken his soul.
And the snow had froze him to the bone.

God's living herb is okay I suppose.
But the thorn in your side once grew on a rose.
So just take it easy, that's all I beseech.
For love is the highest high you can reach.