Imaginary Heroes - Melanie

Jimmy was ten when they found him in bed

Unexplained bruises and words unsaid

The clock on the wall was still counting the time

But that’s all it did when Jimmy was nine

Mother was busy with a bottle of gin

Father couldn’t take it and he took it out on him

The clock on the wall was still counting the time

But that’s all it did when Jimmy was nine

Imaginary heroes they played upon his bed

He said «Superman will save me when he gets some rest

He’ll take me to a paradise I dream of far away»

But then superman when off the air

And the dream slipped away

Imaginary heroes they played upon his bed

He said «Superman will save me when he gets some rest

He’ll take me to a paradise I dream of far away»

But then superman when off the air

And the dream slipped away

Jimmy was ten when they found him in bed

Unexplained bruises and words unsaid

The clock on the wall played right through the end

And that’s all it did when Jimmy was ten

Imaginary heroes they played upon his bed

He said «Superman will save me when he gets in red

He’ll take me to a paradise I dream of far away»

But then superman when off the air…