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It just takes a hero

You stand in his shadow

You walk in his shoes

With feet made of clay

So who is the sinner

And who is the prophet

The rules of the game

That you're gonna play

So put your fingers in the wounds

And pray that he's god

A roll of the dice

For a piece of his cloth

It just takes a hero

For a nickel or a dime

Take a pearl from an oyster

And feed it to swine

We all want to be you

For a glimmer of hope

There's not enough gold

At the end of your rope

And no one can hear you

Your life is a zero

You only can be

What the people, they see

So put your fingers in the wounds

And pray that he's god

A roll of the dice

For a piece of his cloth

It just takes a hero

For a nickel or a dime

Take a pearl from an oyster

And feed it to swine

Over and over, over and over

So put your fingers in the wounds

And pray that he's god

A roll of the dice

For a piece of his cloth

It just takes a hero

For a nickel or a dime

Take a pearl from an oyster

And feed it to swine

So put your fingers in the wounds

And pray that he's god

A roll of the dice

For a piece of his cloth

It just takes a hero

For a nickel or a dime

Take a pearl from an oyster

And feed it to swine