“Heroes” is a song by David Bowie. This page features time-synced lyrics that highlight each line as the song plays — press play to sing along in real time. The lyrics contain 29 lines.
I
I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
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Though nothing, nothing will keep us together
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We can beat them, for ever and ever
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Oh, we can be heroes
Just for one day
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I
I will be King
And you
you will be Queen
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Though nothing will drive us away
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We can be heroes
Just for one day
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We can be us
Just for one day
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I
I can remember (I remember)
Standing, by the wall (by the wall)
And the guns, shot above our heads (over our heads)
And we kissed, as though nothing could fall (nothing could fall)
And the shame, was on the other side
Oh, we can beat them, for ever and ever
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Then we could be heroes
Just for one day
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We can be heroes
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We can be heroes
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We can be heroes
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Just for one day
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