Hollywood And Superheroes

Where were all the superheroes on nine eleven oh-one
Where were the happy endings on the day they blocked out the sun
Put in a call to superman, the x-men too
Put in a call to wonder woman couldn't get through
It was true that they never arrived but I'm sure they did try
And the hollywood writers they were barely alive

So the good people were on their own to get things done
But they didn't have the strength to hold two million tons
No they couldn't stop the birds falling from the sky
No they didn't have the breath to keep so many people alive

Yeah, yeah, yeah
And the sky was fallin
Yeah, yeah, yeah
And the children were laughing somewhere
And our world was coming apart

Bruce Willis took a holiday at the wrong time
And where was James Bond when we needed him so
They were hanging with the superheroes on the mountainside
They were shaking martinis we were barely alive

Yeah, yeah, yeah
And the sky was fallin
Yeah, yeah, yeah
And the people were laughing somewhere
And our world was coming apart

I saw the real superheroes on the CNN news
They were cops and firefighters and EMTs too
They were doin it all without millions or a cape
They were all of the superheroes that we had on that day
And you might say that it wasn't enough but it's all we had
On a day when the world came crashing down on our heads

Yeah, yeah, yeah
And the sky was fallin
Yeah, yeah, yeah
And the people were crying somewhere
And our world was coming apart