We get to
break out of prison,
make love to our best friend's wife,
have a beer for breakfast in Boston,
drink rum in Jamaica that night.
We get to tell all our secrets
In a code no one understands
We get to shoot all the bad guys
And never get blood on our hands
We're heroes, we're schemers,
we're drunks, we're dreamers
We're lovers and sometimes
we're fighters
We're students, we're teachers
We're the devil, we're preachers
We're true love,
but mostly one -nighters
We're the songwriters
Half of the world thinks we're crazy
The other half wants to be us
They're jealous cause we get to hang out
In the back of some big
star's tour bus
We're old boots and T -shirts
and blue jeans
We're capos and strings and E -chords
We only dress up in November
When they hand out
songwriters awards
We're heroes, we're schemers
We're the drunks,
we're the dreamers
We're lovers,
and sometimes we're fighters
We're the truth, we're the lies
We're stupid, we're wise
We're true love,
but mostly one -nighters
We're the songwriters
We write bridges,
cross them and burn them
Teach les sons,
but don't bother to learn them
Our mamas don't know what we're doing
Or why we stay out all night long
I told mine I was a drug dealer
She said, well, thank God you
ain't writing songs
We're heroes, we're dreamers,
we're drunks, we're schemers
We're lovers and sometimes
we're fighters
We're the students,
we're the teachers
We're the devil, we're preachers
We're true love but mostly
one -nighters
We're the songwriters
Hey, you know the difference
between a large pizza and a songwriter?
A large pizza can feed
a family of four.
Somebody asked me
why I wrote this song.
I said, well, I'm the only one that
knew the words.
Ain't we having a good time?
You