Hero - the Best We Could Find Album Version Lyrics

When the house fell asleep,
There was always a light,
And it fell from the page to the eyes
Of an American boy.
In a storybook land
I could dream what I read
When it went to my head I'd see
I wanna be a hero.
But the practical side
Said the question was still

"When you grow up what will you be?"
I wanna be a hero.
Hero
It's a nice-boy notion that the real world's gonna destroy
You know
It's a Marvel comic book Saturday matinee fairytale, boy
Growing older you'll find
That illusions are bought,
And the idol you thought you'd be
Was just another zero.
I wanna be a hero.
Heroes died when the squealers bought 'em off,
Died when the dealers got 'em off
Welcome to the "in it for the money as an idol" show.
When they ain't as big as life,
When they ditch their second wife,
Where's the boy to go?
Gotta be a hero.
Hero
It's a nice-boy notion that the real world's gonna destroy
You know
It's a Marvel comic book Saturday matinee fairytale, boy.
When the house fell asleep
From a book I was led
To a light that I never knew.
"I wanna be your hero."
And he spoke to my heart,
From the moment I prayed
"Here's a pattern I made for you
I wanna be your hero."