Little girl only 17 years old

Life just got in the way

Don't know what to say

She's heard it all before

Lying on her bedroom floor

Thinking

My life has to be worth more

She dreams of going to New York City

Her heart's already there but her head's fighting a wall

Little girl only 17 years old

Looking for a star but it's just too dark

When streams get a little bit wider

In her side to swim across the water

And the scars get a little bit deeper

And a flame turns into a fire

Tonight when you need a way out

Someone to lean on

Some kind of hero

He's there when you look in the mirror

Staring back at ya

There's a hero in

You you you

There's a hero in you you you

There's a hero in you

Old man tryna make it on his own

Looking at the space where his wife once was

Wants to find there something to believe in

He hears a knock at the door this evening

She says I'm going to New York City to follow my dreams

Would you come with me

Little girl only 17 years old

Looking at the stars in her grandad's eyes

And the streams get a little bit wider

But together they cross the river

And the scars get a little bit lighter

And the sky looks a little brighter

Tonight when you need a way out

Someone to lean on

Some kind of hero

You you