It's never been the same since you returned from dreamin'
  With your nursery rhyme excuses and your picture postcards gleamin'
  Tellin' everyone who looks your way 'bout people and their sinnin'
  While your left field verse is fallin' in proportion to your winnin'
  
  And I can't be your hero today
  I'm through with the simple games you play
  It just might take some time to even up the score
  But I can't be your soldier home from war
  
  And there you sit shining that there's still hope for us
  While nature holds the handcuffs on a Capricorn and Taurus
  There's nothing you can do or say to get me to your camp
  Go fill up all your savings books and buy yourself a lamp
  
  And I can't be your hero today
  Your wholesale price is much too high to pay
  Bargain basement atmosphere is no way to sell love
  And I can't be your superman above
  
  No I can't be your hero today
  That is all I really want to say
  Go find a leading man who wants to play
  But I can't be your hero today