We were born during the boom times   Played house down in the bomb shelter   Suffered through the wonder years   And silence at the dinner hour      But once upon a summertime   Out behind the old garage   We were buzzing on midnight   Luckys and Rolling Rock      Thinking we were   Heroes in our own hometown   Nothing less than   Heroes in that old hometown      Some married on a day in June   Some disappeared without a trace   And some of us are still at large   Still searching for a better place      But once upon another time   Didn't matter what they said   And didn't matter if we fell behind   We'd still come out ahead      'Cause we believed   In heroes in that old hometown   Hey, you could be   A hero in your own hometown      Now I'm long away and very far   From gazing at an evening sky   From wishing on a shooting star   From thinking that a heart can't lie      This world is gonna wear you thin   Knot you up and spin you round   This world will take it's aim   Call you every name, trying to bring you down      Everything seems so clear   When you're looking back from such a distance   When the road not taken disappears   Into the path of least resistance      But once upon a time   Oh, so long ago   Underneath this same old sky   Every brand new road      Would know that   We were heroes in our own hometown   (Heroes in our own hometown)   Nothing less than   Heroes in that old hometown   (Heroes in our own hometown)      We still loved   A hero in our own hometown   (Heroes in our own hometown)   Baby, you could be   A hero in your own hometown