Bonnie Tyler

Released: November 24, 2017

Songwriter: Dean Pitchford Jim Steinman

[Bonnie]
Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and turn and dream
Of what I need

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta bе soon
And he's gotta be larger than lifе, larger than life

Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder end rising with the heat
It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life life life life

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night (night) [repeats 10x]

[Vocal Break]

Up where the mountains meet the heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I would swear that there's someone somewhere
Watching me
(me) repeats in the background [x3]

Through the wind end the chill and the rain
And the storm and the flood
I can feel his approach
Like the fire in my blood

[Chorus]
And the fire and the blood (verse repeats [x4])

[Bonnie]
Yeah, I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life
I need a hero
(hero repeats [4x])

[Chorus]
I need a hero until the end of the night (hero until the end of the night) [x2]
Gotta be strong, gotta be fast, he's gotta be fresh from the fight

[Bonnie]
I need a hero (hero) [x3]

[Chorus]
Hero, until the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight

[Bonnie]
I need a hero (hero) [x3]

[Chorus]
Hero, hero
Hero 'til the morning
Hero 'til the morning
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life

[Bonnie]
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night

[Chorus]

Music continues in the background

Bonnie Tyler (born Gaynor Hopkins) was born on June 8, 1951 in Skewen, Wales. She was one of the most famous singers in the 80’s and is known for her noticeably rough and husky vocals.

Her first single, charting at #9 in her home country, “Lost In France,” put her in the public eye. After a bit of silence throughout the late 70s and early 80s, her best-selling and best-performing single on the charts of all time, “Total Eclipse of The Heart,” was released. Her 5th album, Faster Than The Speed of Night, also topped the charts in a few countries possibly because it contained Total Eclipse. Another notable song, “Holding Out for a Hero,” was released one year later for the Footloose soundtrack.

Tyler married Robert Sullivan, an Olympic judo contestant in 1973. They have no children. As of 2018, she is 66 years old and still in good health.

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