All Ye Valkyries

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Come on at me, all ye Valkyries, 

I said, Banshees and harpies, too 

Come and curse me, heave your worst at me 

Today I’m ready for you 

All the arrows that stick in my back 

They cross points with the thorns in my side 

But what I feel there is not at all impaired 

It’s as strong as the devil’s pride...

I’ll tell you why. 

’Cause I’m the bravest—

I’m not just sayin’ this 

I’ll back it up against any man 

You see, I got up again this morning. 

And tomorrow I’ll probably do it again. 

Perseus made Atlas mountainous 

And Orpheus raised a fuss 

But the feats of the Greeks be completely weak 

Compared to the Olympus I budge. 

And Neil Armstrong, he might have gone long 

But so do cows in nursery rhymes 

And Charles Lindberg did nothing so good 

I ain’t done twice by the age of five...and I’m still alive. 

See, I’m the bravest—I’m not just sayin’ this 

I’ll back it up against any man 

You see, I got up again this morning. 

And tomorrow I’ll probably do it again. 

So damn the Alamo, damn Geronimo Damn every hardy Eskimo 

Every martyr on his altar 

Is just the shadow of an actual hero 

Damn the veterans and all the minutemen 

Damn firemen and better men 

Damn physicians, man, and their incisions, man, 

I save an average of a life a day...without pay. 

’Cause I’m the bravest—I’m not just sayin’ this 

I’ll back it up against any man 

You see, I got up again this morning. 

And tomorrow I’ll probably do it again 

 Though tomorrow’s looking pretty grim.