Heroes lyrics

[Chorus]
Why are all our heroes so imperfect?
Why do they always bring me down?
Why are all our heroes so imperfect?
The statue in the park has lost his crown

[Verse 1]
William Faulkner drunk and depressed
Dorothy Parker mean, drunk and depressed
And that guy Seven Years in Tibet turns out to be a Nazi
Founding fathers all had slaves
The explorers slaughtered the braves
The Old Testament God can be so petty

[Verse 2]
Paul McCartney jealous of John
Even more so now that he's gone
Dylan was so mean to Donovan in that movie
Pablo Picasso cruel to his wives
My favorite poets took their own lives
Orson Welles peaked at twenty-five
Ballooned before our eyes
And he sold bad wine

[Chorus]
Why are all our heroes so imperfect?
Why do they always bring me down?
[Verse 3]
Heard Babe Ruth was full of malice
Lewis Carroll I'm sure did Alice
Plato in the cave with those very young boys
T. S. Eliot hated the Jews
FDR didn't save the Jews
All the French joined the resistance after the war

[Verse 4]
Raymond Chandler drunk and depressed
Tennessee Williams drunk and depressed
I think I'll just get drunk and depressed