Title: Hero Blues
Artist: Bob Dylan
Album: Tapes and Acetates From The Times They Are A-Changin' (1963) (Track #2)
Duration: 03:45
Label: Sony Music Entertainment
Well, the gal i got
I swear she's the screamin' end
Yes, the gal i got
Man, she's the screamin' end
She wants me to be a hero
So she can tell all her friends.
Well, she begged and she pleaded
And she cried to me all last nite
Well, she begged and she pleaded
And she cried to me all last nite
She wanted me to go out
And find somebody to fight.
She reads too many books
She's got nails inside her head
She reads too many books
She's got nails inside her head
She will not be satisfied
Until i wander off dead.
You need a different man, babe
I swear you need a different kind of man
You need a different kind
You need one that's gonna hold your heart
You need a different kinda man
You need Napoleon Boneeparte.
Well, when i'm dead
No more good times will i crave
Well, when i'm dead
No more good times will i crave
You can stand an' shout, "Hero''
All over my lonesome grave.
Tapes & Acetates From The Times They Are A-Changin' (1963)
* 01. Paths Of Victory
02. Hero Blues
03. Eternal Circle (incomplete)
04. Eternal Circle (version)
* 05. Moonshiner
* 06. Only A Hobo
* 07. Seven Curses
* 08. Percy's Song
09. Farewell (incomplete)
10. East Laredo Blues
11. Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag (incomplete)
12. Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag
* 13. Lay Down Your Weary Tune
14. Percy's Song (version)
* 15. Suze (The Cough Song)
16. That's All Right Mama -Sally Free And Easy
17. The Times They Are A-Changin' (version)
18. Eternal Circle
August 6, 1963 - tracks 7, 9
August 7, 1963 - track 3
August 12, 1963 - tracks 1, 2, 4-6, 11
October 23, 1963 - tracks 8, 10, 16, 17
October 24, 1963 - tracks 12-15, 18
In order of recording: 7, 9, 3, 1, 11, 2, 5, 4, 6, 8, 17, 10, 16, 18, 14, 13, 15, 12
Sources:
tracks 1, 3-8, 13-15 are from tape #1 ('Tarantula' tape)
tracks 9-12, 16 are from tape #2
track 2 is from acetate