Hero In Your Own Hometown

We were born during the boom times
 Played house down in the bomb shelter
 Suffered through the wonder years
 And silence at the dinner hour
 But once upon a summertime
 Out behind the old garage
 We were buzzing on midnight, Luckys and Rolling Rock
 Thinking we were heroes in our own hometown
 Nothing less than heroes in that old hometown
 Some married on a day in June,
 Some disappeared without a trace
 And some of us are still at large
 Still searching for a better place
 But once upon another time, it didn't matter what they said
 Didn't matter if we fell behind, we'd still come out ahead
 'Cause we believed in heroes in that old hometown
 Hey, you could be a hero in your own hometown
 Now I'm long away and very far
 From gazing at an evening sky
 From wishing on a shooting star
 From thinking that a heart can't lie
 This world is gonna wear you thin
 Knot you up and spin you round
 This world will take it's aim, call you every name, trying to bring you down
 Everything seems so clear
 When you're looking back from such a distance
 When the road not taken disappears
 Into the path of least resistance
 But once upon a time
 Oh so long ago
 Underneath this same old sky
 Every brand new road
 Would know that we were heroes in our own hometown
 Nothing less than heroes in that old hometown
 We still loved a hero in our own hometown
 Baby you could be a hero in your own hometown