Lean Time For Heroes

It starts with a teaspoon of trouble
It ends in bliss and penury
There is no pension plan for heroes
So you'll want to get the hell out of my way. Get out of the way

Pack it up, lean times for heroes
Pack it up, call it a day
Our pockets and their jails are empty
Call it even, heave away

Just because I had an errant ambition
Just because I want a better life
Just because I made poetry a mission
You might as well punish a kid for coloring outside the lines

It starts with sleep deprivation
It ends with a double life
Is there a back door in this place?
I'll not be going quietly today. No, not today

Pack it up, lean times for heroes
Pack it up, call it a day
Our pockets and the jails are empty
Call it even, heave away

(Pack it up!) Lock it up! (Drink it up!) Fuck it up!
(Dance it up!) Keep it up! (Smash it up!) Blow it up!
(Turn it up!) Tear it up! (Swing it up!) Serve it up!
(Smoke it up!) Burn it up! (Crack it up!) Laugh it up!
(Eat it up!) I'll do what? (Twist it up!) Dance it up!
(Kiss it up!) Oh, break it up! (Punch it up!) Kick it up!
(Shoot it up!) Stir it up! (Fuck it up!)

Step right, step right on up, son

Have you an errant ambition?
And do you want a better life?
Here's a pension plan for heroes:
Just leave all your valuables outside

Does your life lack a mission?
Would you like a free ride?
You want to kill your idols?
Well, step right up and goddamn try