Heros and heroines are scarcer than they've ever been   So much more to lose than win the distance never greater   Way back when you made history by flying planes across the sea   Embarking on your odyssey    You put away the danger   Heaven bless the one who flys    A pioneer on frontier skies   The world was dark and your only mark   Was the light of the northern star   I imagine what was in your eyes    The seeds of rust and days gone by   Your wings hang in a gallery sky I wonder how you're flying      Way out on the western plains   The snow drifts high and the dust wind burns   The chinooks blow their winds    Across the mountains   A life that's never safe and dry rodeos and riding high   Ladies and their men get by on six guns and white lightening.   Heaven bless them on the road those drifters and their dreams of gold   The world was wide and a cowboy's song could span the whole horizon   I imagine what was in your eyes   The dust and the dirt under out law skies   A piece of land and a stubborn mind were the only things worth having      Now they say the moon is dust and ash and California's made of cash   We're waiting for those hills to crash into sparkling waters   Rain and snow and sun and wind   You roamed the earth and you spread your wings   Long ago my hero's dreams belonged to all God's creatures   Heaven bless the ones who sleep    The ones who laugh and the ones who weep   Heaven bless the one who keep their bearings strong and certain   And Lord help the fool who said    You'd better quit while you're ahead   A dreamer born is a hero bred on earth and up in heaven   And Lord help the fool who said    You'd better quit while you're ahead   A dreamer born is a hero bred on earth and up in heaven