Heros

James Michael Taylor

The Cindy I mention in this song is Cindy Sheehan. This was before out trip to Crawford. The rest is pretty self-explained.
HEROS

No, I ain’t no hero, I’m just trying to survive
Me and Cindy, just staying alive.
Got a hurt in our heart and a tear in our eye
We ain’t heroes.
There’s a small-town constable, likes to play cop
He bought a cop radio and he turned it way up
Chased a stolen van and he signaled them to stop
Kapow! Kapow!
Well, that small-town constable got himself dead
Blew the shirt off his shoulders, the hat off his head
Shotgun blast turned everything red
Kapow! Kapow! Kapow!
He had himself a funeral one fine day
Every cop in Texas came to sing his praise
It sounded like thunder when they roared away
They called him “little rooster” under their breath
Just another unnecessary death
Coulda said it out loud but instead
They called him a hero
So, let’s take a closer listen to this hero talk
When you save your own skin it’s not a Hero’s Walk
If the shoe don’t fit you don’t call it a croc
If you got an alligator you don’t call it a crock
If you blacken up your skillet you don’t call it a wok
You catch a school of fish you don’t call it a flock
When you eat up all the gumbo you gotta restock
If your boat don’t float you don’t call it Iraq
You call it a pirogue
Well, it don’t take a hero to say “No.” to the draft
It don’t take a genius to see thru that crap
And you don’t take my freedom and give it to Iraq
So, if I come into your country and you shoot my ass
My buddies drag my body back over the pass
Just wrap me in a flag and send my family some cash
And call me a hero
“Please sign this receipt for an American flag and…..”
fifty thousand dollars.” “You’ve got to be kidding!.”
“Thank you so much.”
No, I ain’t no hero, I’m just trying to survive
Me and Cindy, just staying alive.
Got a hurt in our heart and a tear in our eye
But, we ain’t heroes.