I’m all busted aces, empty pockets  An arrow shot straight through a locket  In this cheap hotel room, on this lonesome highway  Everything I own, in this tattered old suitcase  But you know, I haven’t always been this way    (Chorus)  I used to be a hero, and a lover  She brought out the best in me  But now I’m just lonesome, with a broken heart  Not the man I used to be  it took losing her, for me, to finally understand  That the woman really makes the man    She was like an angel  Sweetest tooth little honey  Every move she made, was right on the money  But I took her for granted  Cause I thought I always hold her  And she bought into, everyone line that I sold her  Oh but I threw it all away  Oh why did I throw it all away    I used to be a hero, and a lover  She brought out the best in me  But now I’m just lonesome, with a broken heart  Not the man I used to be  it took losing her, for me, to finally understand  That the woman, really makes the man    Well this face staring back at me, in this mirror  Ain’t the face I wanna see  Gotta figure out, how to get back  To who I used to be  Oh yeah, oh    I used to be a hero, and a lover  She brought out the best in me  But now I’m just lonesome, with a broken heart  Not the man I used to be  it took losing her, for me, to finally understand  That the woman really makes the man    these lyrics are submitted by kira