Paper Hero
Paper Hero
Words and music (c) Ian Hills 1981
Hello dad it's good to hear your voice.
I got in from Vietnam quite a while ago.
And I just can't find a job, and I'm down to my last two bob.
And no-one wants to know me.
I'm a paper hero.
Yes I drink a bit, but you know that's not it,
Even the old soaks don't want to know.
I'm drinking to forget what I just can't handle yet:
No-one wants to know me.
I'm a paper hero.
Chorus
Everybody knows that killing is all wrong
And everybody knows that we shouldn't have fought the Vietcong
And everybody knows that we really should have won
So no-one wants to know me.
I'm a paper hero.
In the jungle it was awful.
I was scared like I'd never been before.
Wondering what went wrong - there were so many Vietcong,
And every where you look there seem to be more.
In the city, it's not easy
Never knowing who's your friend.
Always wondering when you'll ever be safe again
Knowing they will get you in the end
Chorus
Well now I'm home again I wish it was the same
But I know it's all changed since I went away.
No-one wants to know that I didn't want to go
No-one wants to know me.
I'm a paper hero.
Chorus
Words and music (c) Ian Hills 1981
Hello dad it's good to hear your voice.
I got in from Vietnam quite a while ago.
And I just can't find a job, and I'm down to my last two bob.
And no-one wants to know me.
I'm a paper hero.
Yes I drink a bit, but you know that's not it,
Even the old soaks don't want to know.
I'm drinking to forget what I just can't handle yet:
No-one wants to know me.
I'm a paper hero.
Chorus
Everybody knows that killing is all wrong
And everybody knows that we shouldn't have fought the Vietcong
And everybody knows that we really should have won
So no-one wants to know me.
I'm a paper hero.
In the jungle it was awful.
I was scared like I'd never been before.
Wondering what went wrong - there were so many Vietcong,
And every where you look there seem to be more.
In the city, it's not easy
Never knowing who's your friend.
Always wondering when you'll ever be safe again
Knowing they will get you in the end
Chorus
Well now I'm home again I wish it was the same
But I know it's all changed since I went away.
No-one wants to know that I didn't want to go
No-one wants to know me.
I'm a paper hero.
Chorus