Released: September 23, 1977
Songwriter: Brian Eno David Bowie
Producer: Tony Visconti David Bowie
[Chorus]
I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can beat them just for one day
We can be heroes just for one day
[Verse 1]
And you, you can be mean
And I, I'll drink all the time
'Cause we're lovers, and that is a fact
Yes, we're lovers, and that is that
[Refrain]
Though nothing will keep us together
We could steal time just for one day
We can be heroes forever and ever
What d'you say?
[Verse 2]
I, I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
[Refrain]
Though nothing, nothing will keep us together
We can beat them forever and ever
Oh, we can be heroes just for one day
[Chorus]
I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can be heroes, just for one day
We can be us just for one day
[Verse 3]
I, I can remember (I remember)
Standing by the wall (By the wall)
And the guns shot above our heads (Over our heads)
And we kissed as though nothing could fall (Nothing could fall)
[Refrain]
And the shame was on the other side
Oh, we can beat them forever and ever
Then we could be heroes just for one day
[Bridge]
We can be heroes
We can be heroes
We can be heroes just for one day
We can be heroes
[Outro]
We're nothing, and nothing will help us
Maybe we're lying, then you better not stay
But we could be safer just for one day
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, just for one day
I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can beat them just for one day
We can be heroes just for one day
[Verse 1]
And you, you can be mean
And I, I'll drink all the time
'Cause we're lovers, and that is a fact
Yes, we're lovers, and that is that
[Refrain]
Though nothing will keep us together
We could steal time just for one day
We can be heroes forever and ever
What d'you say?
[Verse 2]
I, I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
[Refrain]
Though nothing, nothing will keep us together
We can beat them forever and ever
Oh, we can be heroes just for one day
[Chorus]
I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can be heroes, just for one day
We can be us just for one day
[Verse 3]
I, I can remember (I remember)
Standing by the wall (By the wall)
And the guns shot above our heads (Over our heads)
And we kissed as though nothing could fall (Nothing could fall)
[Refrain]
And the shame was on the other side
Oh, we can beat them forever and ever
Then we could be heroes just for one day
[Bridge]
We can be heroes
We can be heroes
We can be heroes just for one day
We can be heroes
[Outro]
We're nothing, and nothing will help us
Maybe we're lying, then you better not stay
But we could be safer just for one day
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, just for one day
The Concert for New York City
- Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
- Freedom
- I’m Down
- Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
- Gospel Medley
- Let It Be (Live / 1990)
- Peaceful World
- Born to Run
- American Girl
- America
- Yesterday
- Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
- Livin’ on a Prayer
- Emotion
- Heroes
- Miss You
- Pink Houses
- New York State of Mind
- It’s My Life
- Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)
- Salt of the Earth
- (I’m Your) Hoochie coochie man
- Love Child (single)
- Heroes (1977)
- Changesbowie (1990)
- The Bridge School Concerts Volume 1 (1997)
- The Concert for New York City (2001)
- Best of Bowie (2002)
- 50 Years Of The Greatest Hit Singles (2002)
- Heroes: Original Soundtrack (2008)
- What Goes Up (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2009)
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2012)
- Horns (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2014)
- Nothing Has Changed (2014)
- NOW That’s What I Call Music! 93 [UK] (2016)
- Legacy (The Very Best of David Bowie) (2016)
- Space Oddity
- ★ (Blackstar)
- Heroes
- Life on Mars?
- Lazarus
- Starman
- Changes
- The Man Who Sold the World
- Girl Loves Me
- Ashes to Ashes
- Ziggy Stardust
- Moonage Daydream
- Modern Love
- Five Years
- ’Tis a Pity She Was a Whore
- I Can’t Give Everything Away
- Dollar Days
- Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide
- Rebel Rebel
- Young Americans
- Station to Station
- Suffragette City
- Let’s Dance
- Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)