Heroes & Heroines
Mary Chapin Carpenter

Heroes and heroines are scarcer than they've ever been

So much more to lose than win

The distance never greater

Way back when you made history

By flying planes across the sea

Embarking on your odyssey

You put away the danger


Heaven bless the' one who flies

A pioneer on frontier skies

The world was dark and your only mark

Was the light of the northern star

I imagine what was in your eyes

The seeds of rust and days gone by

Your wings hang in a gallery sky

I wonder how you're flying


Way out on the western plains

The snow drifts high and the dust wind burns

The chinooks blow their winds across the mountains

A life that's never safe and dry

Rodeos and riding high

Ladies and their men get by

On six-guns and white lightning


Heaven bless them on the road

Those drifters and their dreams of gold

The world was wide and cowboy's soul

Could span the whole horizon

I imagine what was in your eyes

The dust and the dirt under outlaw skies

A piece of land and a stubborn mind

Were the only things worth having


Now they say the moon is dust and ash

California's made of cash

We're waiting for those hills to crash

Into the sparkling waters

Rain and snow and sun and wind

You roamed the earth and you spread your wings

And long ago, my heroes' dreams

Belonged to all god's creatures.


Heaven bless the ones who sleep

The ones who laugh and the ones who weep

Heaven bless the ones who keep

Their bearings strong and certain

And lord help the fool who said

You'd better quit while you're ahead

A dreamer born is a hero bred

On earth and up in heaven

Lord help the fool who said

You'd better quit while you're ahead

A dreamer born is a hero bred

On earth and up in heaven


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Lyrics by Mary Chapin Carpenter

  10,000 Miles   A Keeper For Every Flame   A Lot Like Me   A Place In The World   A Road Is Just A Road   Almost Home   Almost Home [#]   Alone But Not Lonely   Beautiful Racket   Bells Are Ringing   Between Here And Gone   Bright Morning Star   Can't Take Love For Granted   Can\'t Take Love For Granted   Candlelight Carol   Children Go Where I Send Thee   Christmas Time In The City   Closer And Closer Apart   Come On Come On   Come On Home   Come on, Come On   Down At The Twist And Shout   Down In Mary's Land   Down In Mary\'s Land   Downtown Train   Dreamland   Elysium   Family Hands   Girls Like Me   Goin Home   Going Out Tonight   Goodbye Again   Goodnight America   Grand Central Station   Grow Old With Me   Halley Came To Jackson   He Thinks He'll Keep Her   Here I Am   Hero In Your Own Hometown   Hometown Girl   House Of Cards   Houston   How Do   I Am A Town   I Can See It Now   I Feel Lucky   I Feel Lucky [It Could Happen to You]   I Put My Ring Back On   I Take My Chances   I Want To Be Your Girlfriend   I'll Never Fall In Love   I'll Never Fall In Love Again   In The Name Of Love   It Don't Bring You   It Must Have Happened   Jenny Dreamed of Trains   John Doe No. 24   Jubilee   Just Because   Keeping The Faith   King Of Love   Late For Your Life   Leaving Song   Let Me Into Your Heart   Luna's Gone   Maybe World   Middle Ground   Mrs. Hemingway   My Dear Old Friend   My Heaven   Never Had It So Good   Not Too Much To Ask   Oh, Lonesome Me   On And On It Goes   On With The Song   Once In Royal David's City   One Small Heart   Only A Dream   Other Streets and Other Towns   Outside Looking In   Party Doll   Passionate Kisses   Passionate Kisses [Album Version]   Pete   Quittin' Time   Read My Lips   Rhythm Of The Blues   Right Now   River   Shut Up And Kiss Me   Simple Life   Slave To The Beauty   Slow Country Dance   Someone Else's Prayer   Something Of A Dreamer   Stones In The Road   Stones in the Road [Live]   Sudden Gift Of Fate   Swept Away   Tender When I Want To Be   Thanksgiving Song   That's Real   The Better To Dream Of You   The Bug   The Bug [*]   The Calling   The Dreaming Road   The End Of My Pirate Days   The Hard Way   The Last Word   The Long Way Home   The Moon And St. Christopher   The More Things Change   The Shelter Of Storms   This Is Love   This Is Me Leaving You   This Shirt   This Shirt [Live]   Too Tired   Twilight   Walking Through Fire   Waltz   We're All Right   What If We Went To Italy   What Was It Like   What Would You Say To Me   What You Didn't Say   When She's Gone   Whenever You're Ready   Where Time Stands Still   Wherever You Are   Why Shouldn't We   Why Walk When You Can Fly   You Win Again   Your Life Story

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