[00:07.34]I was driving through my hometown
[00:12.10]I was just kinda killin' time
[00:16.07]When I seen a face
[00:17.84]Staring out of a black velvet painting
[00:20.10]From the window of the five and dime
[00:24.00]I couldn't quite recall the name
[00:27.64]But the pose looked familiar to me
[00:31.19]So I asked the salesgirl 'Who was that man
[00:35.33]Between the doberman and Bruce Lee?' ——
[00:39.43]She said 'Just a local hero
[00:42.66]'Local hero' she said with a smile “
[00:46.92]'Yeah a local hero he used to live here for a while' “
[00:58.05]I met a stranger dressed in black
[01:03.79]At the train station
[01:04.90]He said 'Son your soul can be saved'
[01:08.43]There's beautiful women nights of low livin'
[01:12.33]And some dangerous money to be made
[01:16.36]There's a big town 'cross the whiskey line
[01:20.08]And if we turn the right cards up
[01:23.57]They make us boss the devil pays off
[01:27.91]And them folks that are real hard up
[01:31.55]They get their local hero
[01:34.75]Somebody with the right style
[01:38.90]They get their local hero
[01:42.48]Somebody with just the right smile
[01:51.45]Well I learned my job I learned it well
[01:56.94]Fit myself with religion and a story to tell
[02:00.94]First they made me the king then they made me pope
[02:05.28]Then they brought the rope
[02:16.55]I woke to a gypsy girl sayin' 'Drink this'
[02:20.28]Well my hands had lost all sensation
[02:23.94]These days I'm feeling all right
[02:28.03]'Cept I can't tell my courage from my desperation
[02:32.79]From the tainted chalice
[02:35.12]Well I drunk some heady wine
[02:39.28]Tonight I'm layin' here
[02:41.57]But there's something in my ear
[02:43.60]Sayin' there's a little town just beneath the floodline
[02:47.69]Needs a local hero
[02:50.42]Somebody with the right style
[02:54.99]Lookin' for a local hero
[02:58.31]Someone with the right smile
[03:18.66][03:02.70]Local hero local hero she said with a smile
[03:25.86][03:10.30]Local hero he used to live here for a while