Hero of the day

        Mama they try and break me.         the window burns to light the way back home           a light that warms no matter where they’ve gone.         they’re off to find the hero of the day             but what if they should fall by someone’s wicked way? still the window burns time so slowly turns   someone there is sighing   keepers of the flames   do you feel your names?   do you hear your babies crying?           Mama they try and break me.         still they try and break me         ’scuse me while i tend to how i feel           these things return to me that still seem real                       now deservingly this easy chair              but the rocking stops by wheels of despair   don’t want your aid   but the fist i’ve made for years won’t hold or feel   no i’m not all me   so please excuse me while i tend to how i fell   but now the dreams and waking screams that ever last through the night So build the wall behind it crawl and hide until it’s light   can you hear your babies crying now?   Solo (                ) (                ) still the window burns   time so slowly turns   and someone there is sighing   keepers of the flames can’t you feel your names?   can’t you hear your babies crying?   () but now the dreams and waking screams that ever last the night   so build a wall behind it crawl and hide until it’s light   so can’t you hear your babies crying now?   mama they try and break me mama they try and break me mama they try and break me   mama they try mama they try   mama they try and break me mama they try and break me mama they try and break me mama they try and break me   mama they try and break me mama they try and break me mama they try and break me   mama they try mama they try