David Brauner Music

Lyrics

My Heroes Are Different Today
As I stand before you today
with a story to tell and a debt to pay
to everyone with that thirst
to put their own selves last
and other folks first

my heroes are much different today
my heroes they’re not same
they stand up when you’re down
they get it done somehow

now I remember being 15
living in a rock and roll dream
my heroes tacked up on the wall
long hair and leather, man they had it all
I read every shred I could find
fanzines and records filled my mind
I dreamed of that glorious day when
I would play my song for them

now my heroes are much different today
my heroes, they’re not the same
they stand up when you’re down
they get it done somehow

Now do you remember back in ‘010
when the river rose
and topped the levee again
something changed,
would never be the same
everything we built swept away in the rain
but then a truck rolled up, and then another
with water and food and blankets and lumber
strangers pitched in, like we knew each other
like we were kin, like we were sisters and brothers

my heroes are much different today
my heroes they’re not same
they stand up when you’re down
they get it done somehow