We´ve all dreamed together of being kids forever hanging on to all the people that we love like Monroe and JFK, hoping they'll come back someday Elvis, John and Jimmy, too, what´s the world gonna do? Everybody needs a hero to look up to like kings and queens and stars upon the silver screen, whoa ! Everybody needs a hero in this world to survive to keep yourself alive We made believe that we could be on TV a secret fantasy that we were Mr James Dean Then Alan Freed called it Rock n´Roll and started it all The Beatles, Who, Kiss and Crue what´s the world gonna do? Everybody needs a hero to look up to like kings and queens and stars upon the silver screen, whoa ! Everybody needs a hero in this world to survive to keep yourself alive We´re all living in, a world of AIDS and sin we´re taken one by one in vain from what we all have done Turn on the TV set, Theres murder, rape, i do regret don´t despair, we care trust in me I´ll set you free Everybody needs a hero to look up to like kings and queens and stars upon the silver screen, whoa ! Everybody needs a hero in this world to survive to keep yourself alive