Released: November 21, 1980

Songwriter: Kevin Savigar Carmine Appice Phil Chen Rod Stewart

Producer: Andy Johns Harry The Hook The Rod Stewart Group

[Verse 1]
Call the girls and dress up fine
Tonight I felt like suicide
Roll them dice and pour the wine
Shuffle them cards and deal them fine
Got nobody to kiss tonight
Nothing to lose but my appetite

[Verse 2]
Wanna be silly and sing and shout
Gotta get legless and fall about
Turn the music up nice and loud
Cheer me up don't bring me down
Gonna lose my job next week
Getting replaced by a silicone chip

[Chorus]
I might have been a hero
But I chose to stay in bed
I might have been prime minister
But right now honey I'm better off dead

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
I might have been a hero
But I chose to stay in bed
I might have been prime minister
But right now honey I'm better off dead

[Verse 3]
Don't like the scenery don't like the set
Tear it all down and start again
Man keeps talking on the radio
Telling me what I don't wanna know
Radiation wars and layatril
If tax don't get ya then cancer will

[Chorus]
I might have been a hero
But I chose to stay in bed
I might have been prime minister
But right now honey I'm better off dead

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
I might have been a hero
But I chose to stay in bed
I might have been prime minister
But right now honey I'm better off dead

[Outro]
Better off dead, better off dead
Better off dead, better off dead

Rod Stewart

A legend in the rock-n-roll genre, Roderick “Rod” Stewart has sold over 100 million records worldwide with a career spanning over 60 years. He has had 6 consecutive number one albums in the UK, and his tally of 62 UK hit singles includes 31 that reached the top ten, six of which gained the #1 position, including has had 16 top ten singles in the US, with four reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.