Craig Finn - When No One's Watching lyrics

rate me

There's something in how well you tell the story

The way you overcame the odds all stacked against you

The way that you prevailed in the face of greater danger

The way at first that they misunderstood you

You regaled us with the way that you triumphed over darkness

The kisses and the shadows and the stalkings

But as the pieces come together there's these things that I keep hearing

About the hero that you are when no one's watching

I saw Wendy at the wagon wheel

I didn't know what to tell her

She said she saw you walking by a building

She said maybe you're ashamed that things turned out this way

You said you had to hurry off to something

She'll still let her you use your place, you put on your bitter face

You went on for years, she saw some bad things

But you told me what you told her about how you really loved her

That's a hero that you are when no one's watching

Feasting on the weakness of the women who are thinking

You might be held to half the things you've told them

The record that you left and places that you slept

Moving through the bars and slowly stalking

Someone you can use that finds you charming

It's just the way our hero does his bidding

Living off the lies to lonely women

Now I heard that you ain't running back into Maria's arms

You said it's really just the best thing for the baby

And Maria never found another man to love and comfort

And every time he come back she's there waiting

See her ride into the sunset and then all ends up so happy

Jesus and a coffee and the talking

But just the audience applaud for all the women you done wrong

The hero that you are when no one's watching

Feasting on the weakness of the women who are hoping

You might be held to half the things you've told them

The record that you left at the places that you slept

Moving through the bars and slowly stalking

Someone you can use that finds you charming

The story that our hero keeps well hidden

A weak man hit it off with weaker women

Thanks to Nick for correcting these lyrics