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Saxon – Broken Heroes (1985) | Track profile | Dork

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Saxon
Innocence Is No Excuse
Broken Heroes

TRACK

Broken Heroes

Release date: 1st September 1985

From Innocence Is No Excuse

About This Track

"Broken Heroes" is a track by Saxon, from the album Innocence Is No Excuse, released 1st September 1985. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Saxon

Saxon

Lyrics

Broken Heroes

[Verse 1]

They came to fight for glory in their thousands

Young men with their dreams

They died before the guns for their country

A book of faded pictures, broken dreams

[Chorus]

Where are they now?

Where are they now?

Where are they now?

Where are they now?

The broken heroes

[Verse 2]

Uncle Sam is waiting with the draft card

He says you've got to fight the Viet Cong

The stations full of flags and rule Britannia

The engine pulls you out towards the Somme

[Chorus]

Where are they now?

Where are they now?

Where are they now?

Where are they now?

The broken heroes

The broken heroes

The broken heroes

The broken heroes

The broken heroes

The broken heroes

Where are they now?

Where are they now?

Where are they now?

The broken heroes

[Verse 3]

The pipes are calling young men back to Belfast

The general says you march to Stalingrad

You rode into the valley with a hundred

Seven lonely graves on Goose Green

[Chorus]

Where are they now?

Where are they now?

Where are they now?

Where are they now?

The broken heroes

The broken heroes

The broken heroes

The broken heroes

Where are they now?

Where are they now?

Where are they now?

Where are they now?

Where are they now?

Where are they now?

Where are they now?

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Innocence Is No Excuse

1985

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Album

Innocence Is No Excuse

Release year

1985

—Rockin' Again
—Raise Some Hell
—Live Fast Die Young
—Gonna Shout
—Everybody Up
—Give It Everything You've Got
—Krakatoa
—Devil Rides Out
—Broken Heroes
—Call of the Wild

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Saxon — Broken Heroes

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Credits

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Writer: Biff Byford, Steve Dawson
Producer: Simon Hanhart