He Wakes Up And Calls His Daddy's Name

His Eyes Light Up, As He Walks In

He's No Knight In Shining Armour, He's No Superman

And How His Son Could Look Up To Him

He'll Never Understand

And In This Young Boy's Eyes, He Sees The Man

Who Can Do No Wrong



He Believes In Fairy Tales And Santa Claus

And The Gold Over The Rainbow

But The Man's Just Flesh And Blood

He'll Never Measure Up

To What He Sees In Him

Oh, God Knows Everybody Needs A Hero



Toy Soldiers In The Attics

Storybooks All Put Away

He Don't Act The Way He Used To

His Mind's On Other Things These Days

'Saw The Broken Glass In The Mirror

And The Bruise Under Mama's Eye

This Man He Thought The World Of

Now He's Wishin' He Would Die

Childhood Dreams And Innocence Fade Away

Those Days Are Gone



When He Believed In Fairy Tales And Santa Claus

And The Gold Over The Rainbow

But The Man's Just Flesh And Blood

Could Never Measure Up

To What He Saw In Him

Oh, God Knows Everybody Needs A Hero



He Had His First Child

The Day His Daddy Passed Away

And Sometimes When He Looks At Him

He Can See His Daddy's Face

Well He Learned Life's Hard Lesson

He'll Never Be The Same

He'll Dedicate His Heart To The One

Who Bears His Name

And In The Child's Eyes

He Sees The Man Who Can Do No Wrong, Oh No



He Believes In Fairy Tales And Santa Claus

And The Gold Over The Rainbow

But The Man's Just Flesh And Blood

He'll Never Measure Up

To What He Sees In Him

Oh, God Knows Everybody Needs A Hero