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.