Twentieth Century Hero

I know you read between the lines When them up there say it's all fine Then break your back from nine to five To keep your two point four alive Well it's hymns for a Sunday And it's booze for a Monday And dreamers thinking one day It will all be taken care of (You're a hero) Zero, zero, zero Rather be Valentino Well don't run away, stay here and play Twentieth century hero Well I know you're never influenced By craze or fashions, zoo caress You didn't buy that car to show The guy next door where he can go Where your grass is the greenest And your life saccharinest Well your beach ain't the cleanest It will all be taken care of (You're a hero) Zero, hero, zero Cap in hand Valentino Well I hope you know I love you so Twentieth century hero Twentieth century hero you Believe what you believe is true Opinion polls, who gives a damn Look, Errol Flynn, now there's a man With the price of the harvest Swept under the carpet And the big ones fall the hardest It will all be taken care of (You're a hero) Hero, hero, hero Vanity Valentino Well you're gonna be the death of me Twentieth century hero Hero, hero Vanity Valentino Well, you're gonna be the death of me Twentieth century hero