When I was young I used to trade my comic books for homemade guns and little cowboys on the run were killers just like me. We'd hang those dirty outlaws high with rawhide ropes and binder twine. Red Rider was a friend of mine, A hero just for me. I remember when we stole a can of tobacco from the hired hands and seein' as how we were workin' men we smoked 'til we were green. And we could spit and we could fight, And we'd believe each other's lies, Riding fast and ridin' high For all the world to see. Whatever happened to my heroes, They don't make 'em like they did in '54. But they were there when I needed them, I wish they's all come back again, 'cause I don't have no heroes anymore. They traveled through my memories, Those riders in a legacy I know they all remembered me, They called me by my name. Then, like a ghost from yesterday, My heroes thunder on their way Back into a lonely grave for all eternity Whatever happened to my heroes, They don't make 'em like they did in '54. But they were there when I needed them, I wish they's all come back again, 'cause I don't have no heroes anymore. Whatever happened to my heroes, They don't make 'em like they did in '54. But they were there when I needed them, I wish they's all come back again, 'cause I don't have no heroes anymore. Whatever happened to my heroes, They don't make 'em like they did in '54. But they were there when I needed them, I wish they's all come back again, 'cause I don't have no heroes anymore.