“local hero”
artist : bruce springsteen
album : lucky town
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i was driving through my hometown
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i was just kinda killin’ time
when i seen a face staring out of black velvet painting
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from the window of the five and dime
i couldn’t quite recall the name
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but the pose looked familiar to me
so i asked the salesgirl , “who was that man
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between the doberman and bruce lee?”
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she said , “just a local hero”
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“local hero , ” she said with a smile
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“yeah a local hero he used to live here for a while . ”
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i met a stranger dressed in black
at the train station
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he said , “son your soul can be saved”
there’s beautiful women nights of low livin’
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and some dangerous money to be made
there’s a big town ’cross the whiskey line
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and if we turn the right cards up
they make us boss the devil pays off
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and them folks that are real hard up
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they get their local hero
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yeah , somebody with the right style
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they get their local hero
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somebody with just the right smile
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well i learned my job i learned it well
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fit myself with religion and a story to tell
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first they made me the king then they made me pope
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well , then they brought the rope
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i woke to a gypsy girl sayin’ , “drink this”
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well my hands had lost all sensation
these days i’m feeling all right
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’cept i can’t tell my courge from my desperation
from the tainted chalice
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wel i drunk some heady wine
tonight i’m layin’ here
but there’s something in my ear
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sayin’ there’s a little town just beneath the floodline
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needs a local hero
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yeah , somebody with the right style
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lookin’ for a local hero
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yeah , someone with the right smile
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lookin’ for a local hero , yeah somebody woth the right smile
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