You gotta admit life magazine made 1968 look great
My father said it sucked, everybody died
All the troops you couldn't save
No one knew how to be brave
He said sometimes you were afraid to turn your radio on
It was enough to make you quit that peacenick scene
Well I heard about leaders
Yeah I heard they're no longer around
Cause peace was abandoned
And bravery hanged in his town
And they passed down a sentence
For building on the beauty of some dream

All my heroes are dead, I got them in my head, saying
Never again, never a war, no more fighting
So I'll stay true to them, and they'll come home again
I'll carry the light, follow the dream, I'll remember

The '68 convention was a singing
The times they are a-changing
Well I guess they a-changed back
Oh I miss those peaceful folk
Love and humor when they spoke, hey
Phil ochs you still sound great
Should've stuck around to hear it
They say that compact disc makes songs come true
But phil I never expected that I'd miss you like a friend
Cause I never expected that we'd be marching again
And the soldiers of peace would tumble
From this life as in a war

All my heroes are dead, and all the books I read
Said this is greed, this is wrong
Fight your war at home
So I'll stay true to them, and they'll come home again
I'll carry the light, follow the dream, I'll remember

So back to the present passion, romance, love, or simply
Put a lack thereof
Shall we go on?
I don't take it personally, it's our post-modern history
You know since nixon was impeached
It's just been hard to commit
So we cast our allegance left and right
But I always believed that our souls would come through
So I never expected that you'd take her home with you
And I never detected, how hardened and not sorry you
Could be. don't you know?
All our heroes are dead, we got ourselves instead
And oh my friend, all your lies, they won't do you
You gotta stay true to them, and they'll come home again
I miss them too, I miss them too, you know I miss them
More than I love you