By: Jimmy Buffett 

1970 

It's never been the same since you returned from dreamin' 

With your nursery rhyme excuses your picture postcards gleamin' 

Tellin' everyone who looks your way 'bout people and their sinnin' 

While you 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 may take some time for me to even up the score 

But I can't be your soldier home from war 



And there you sit shouting 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 to high to pay 

A 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 

And I can't be your hero today