"Heroes And Villians"
recorded: 11 May 1966 - 2 March 1967
source: SS/WH [mono]
Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks

I've been in this town so long that back in the city,
I've been taken for lost and gone and unknown for a long, long time.
Fell in love years ago with an innocent girl,
From the Spanish and Indian home home of the heroes and villains.

Once at night, Catillian squared the fight,
And she was right in the rain of the bullets that eventually brought her
down.
But she's still dancing in the night, unafraid,
Of what a dude'll do in a town full of heroes and villains.

Heroes and villains, just see what you've done
Heroes and villains, just see what you've done

Stand or fall, I know there shall be peace in the valley,
And it's all an affair of my life with the heroes and villains.

In the cantina, margaritas keep the spirit high.
There I watched her, she spun around and wound in the warmth,
Her body fanned the flame of the dance.
Dance, Margarita, don't you know that I'm in love with you
Dance
You're under arrest!

My children were raised, you know they suddenly rise.
They started slow, long ago, head-to-toe, healthy, wealthy, and often wise.
At three-score and five, I'm very much alive.
I've still got the jive to survive with the heroes and villains.

I've been in this town so long, so long to the city,
I'm fit with the stuff to write in the rough
and sunny down snuff i'm all right by the heroes and villains

dih dih dih, heroes and villains
dih dih dih, heroes and villains
dih dih dih, heroes and villains
dih dih dih, heroes and villains
dih dih heroes and villains
dih dih heroes and villains