Heroes (Bowie/Eno) David Bowie: Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Saxophone, Koto Carlos Alomar: Rhythm Guitar Dennis Davis: Percussion George Murray: Electric Bass Brian Eno: Synthesizers, Keyboards, Guitar Treatments Robert Fripp: Lead Guitar Background Vocals: David Bowie, Tony Visconti,Antonia Maass Recorded at Hansa By The Wall, Berlin and Mountain Studios, Montreux Engineers: Tony Visconti, Colin Thorston, Eugene Chaplin, David Richards Mixed at Mountain Studios, Montreux Produced by Bowie and Visconti I, I will be king And you You will be queen Though nothing will Drive them away We can beat them Just for one day We can be Heroes Just for one day And you You can be mean And I I'll drink all the time 'Cause we're lovers and that is a fact Yes we're lovers And that is that Though nothing Will keep us together We could steal time Just for one day We can be Heroes for ever and ever What d'you say I, I wish you could swim Like the dolphins Like dolphins can swim Though nothing Though nothing will keep us together We can beat them for ever and ever Oh we can be Heroes Just for one day I, I will be king And you You will be queen Though nothing will drive them away We can be Heroes Just for one day We can be us Just for one day I, I remember Standing By the wall The guns Shot about our heads And we kissed As though nothing could fall And the shame Was on the other side Oh we can beat them For ever and ever Then we could be Heroes Just for one day We can be Heroes We can be Heroes We can be Heroes Just for one day We can be Heroes We're nothing And nothing will help us Maybe we're lying Then you better not stay But we could be safer Just for one day |