My Hero Lyrics

Oh my hero

My hero is not some kind of a man made out of steel

More like that young girl, like you and me, so very real

She took a bullet because she wanted to keep on turning the pages

All the cowardly men they want to keep her stuck in the middle ages

Did you hear the true story, about the homeless man

He was sitting on O'Connell Bridge, probably holding out his hand

When the bullies threw his pet over the side

He just jumped into that bleak black pool

Oh you know he could have died

Oh, my hero

You don't know when you're going to have to choose

What to keep or what you're willing to lose

Can you put yourself in somebody else's shoes

Your good intentions won't suffice

Love always requires sacrifice

Oh, my hero

My hero is more like some kind, some kind of dandelion

You can pull it you can poison it, he has no intention of dying

You can grub him out from the concrete crack

But in a day or in a week, you know that he'll be back

He'll be laughing at the sun, holding a big yellow flower

Saying you can't keep me down, no you can't make me cower

Oh, my hero

My hero can't stop a bullet with his hand

He's just an ordinary soap, trying to make a stand

You can read about her any day or any hour

Brave people standing up, speaking truth to power

All over the world they get thrown into some, some filthy jail

And no one's ever going to get a chance to pay any kind of bail

Oh, my hero