HEROS (Think I'll just get drunk and depressed) - Jill Sobuel

[paineinthearse]

HEROS - Jill Sobule

Audio and slideshow at http://www.jillsobule.com/heroes.html



Why are all our heroes so imperfect
Why do they always bring me down
Why are all our heroes so imperfect
The statue in the park has lost his crown

William Faulkner drunk and depressed
Dorothy Parker mean, drunk and depressed
And that guy in Seven Years in Tibet
turned out to be a nazi
The founding fathers all had slaves,
the explorers slaughtered the braves,
The Old Testament God can be so petty

Paul McCartney jealous of John,
even more so now that he's gone
Dylan was so mean to Donovan in that movie
Pablo Picasso cruel to his wives
My favorite poets took their own lives
Orson Welles peaked at 25, ballooned before our eyes
and he sold bad wine

Heard Babe Ruth was full of malice
Lewis Carroll I'm sure did Alice
Plato in the cave with those very young boys
TS Elliott hated Jews, FDR didn't save the Jews
All the French joined the resistance after the war
Raymond Chandler drunk and depressed
Tennessee Williams drunk and depressed
Think I'll just get drunk and depressed.

Jill is a member of the afterdowningstreet.org coalition - see http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=399462&mesg_id=399462

Now do you see why I "think I'll just get drunk and depressed"?

[dweller]

1. 'drunk and depressed' ?

hey, that's why i come here.

dp

[deepthought42]

2. I love that song, ever since I saw her perform it

at my alma mater. She came to my college and gave a performance, this was a few years ago. I didn't plan on going to it, but I did anyway, and loved her performance so much, I bought the CD then and there, and got it autographed by her. Now if I could just find the jewel case....