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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
David Bowie
Vocals
Frank Sims
Background Vocals
George Simms
Background Vocals
Carmine Rojas
Bass Guitar
Tony Thompson
Drums
Carlos Alomar
Guitar
Lenny Pickett
Horn
Stan Harrison
Horn
Steve Elson
Horn
D. Lebolt
Keyboards
Earl Slick
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Alessandro Lindblad
Songwriter
David Bowie
Songwriter
Brian Eno
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
David Bowie
Producer
Ray Staff
Mastering Engineer
Bob Clearmountain
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I will take off, dilly, dilly
Lavender green, I will be king, dilly, dilly
You will be queen
[Verse 2]
I, I will be king
And you, you will be my queen
Oh, nothing will keep us together
We can beat them forever and ever
We can be heroes just for one day
[Verse 3]
And I, well, I wish I could swim
Like dolphins, like dolphins can swim
Oh, nothing will keep us together
We can beat them forever and ever
We can be heroes just for one day
[Verse 4]
And I, I can remember
Standing, standing by the wall
And the guns, the guns shot above our heads
But we kissed as though nothing could fall
[Verse 5]
And the shame, it fell on the other side
Oh, we can beat them forever and ever
We could be heroes just for one day
Just sayin' now
[Verse 6]
We could be heroes
We could be heroes
We could be heroes
We could be heroes
[Verse 7]
And nothing and no one could hear us
Maybe we're lying then we better not stay
We could be safer just for one day, what you say now?
[Verse 8]
Oh
Oh
Oh
Just for one day
[Verse 9]
We could be heroes
We could be heroes
We could be heroes just for one day
Written by: Brian Eno, David Bowie, Tove Lo