All My Heroes Are Dead

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You gotta admit Life magazine made 1968 look great My father said it sucked, everybody died All the troops you couldn't save, no one knew how to be brave He said sometimes you were afraid to turn your radio on It was enough to make you quit that peacenik scene Well I heard about leaders, yeah I hear they're no longer around 'cause peace was abandoned, and bravery hanged in his town And they passed down a sentence For building on the beauty of some dream All my heroes are dead, I got them in my head Saying never again, never a war, no more fighting So I'll stay true to them, and they'll come home again I'll carry the light, follow the dream, I'll remember The '68 convention was a-singing that the times they are a-changing But I guess they a-changed back Oh I miss those peaceful folk, love and humor when they spoke Hey Phil Ochs you still sound great, should've stuck around to hear it They say the compact disc makes songs come true But Phil, I never expected that I'd miss you like a friend 'cause I never expected that we would be marching again And the soldiers of peace would tumble from this life as in a war All my heroes are dead, and all the books I read Said "This is greed, this is wrong, fight your war at home" So I'll stay true to them, and they'll come home again I'll carry the light, follow the dream, I'll remember So back to the present passion, romance, love, or simply put a lack thereof Shall we just go on? I don't take it personally, it's our post-modern history You know since Nixon was impeached it's just been hard to commit So we cast our allegiance left and right But I always believed that our souls would come through So I never expected that you'd take her home with you And I never detected, how hardened and not sorry you could be Don't you know? All our heroes are dead, we got ourselves instead And oh my friend, all your lies, they won't do you You gotta stay true to them, and they'll come home again I miss them too, I miss them too, you know I miss them More than I love you