Heroes And Villains

Album: Smiley Smile (1967)
Charted: 8 12
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  • 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

    My children were raised
    You know they suddenly rise
    They started slow, long ago
    Head to toe healthy, wealthy and wise

    I've been in this town so long
    So long to the city
    I'm fit with the stuff
    To ride in the rough
    And sunny down snuff, I'm alright
    By the heroes and

    Heroes and villains
    Just see what you've done

    Heroes and villains
    Just see what you've done Writer/s: Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 13

  • Jg from Idaho FallsI loved this song from the first time I heard it.
  • Carl from Apg, MdFor Stormy, Kokomo, IN:
    And do you remember reading about something from earlier? Brian Wilson, in the making of Pet Sounds, found inspiration in the Beatles' Rubber Soul (U.S. version?) LP. A film about the Beach Boys shows a living room with a Christmas tree, and then (actor playing) Brian Wilson walks into the room holding Rubber Sould album cover.
  • George from Belleville, NjThis song was written during the period in Brian Wilson's career when he was experimenting with new ideas and stretching his abilities.A really interesting song,some moments sound psychedelic and colorful.I believe the original Smile album would have been a masterpiece had he completed it then.
  • Melody from Cincinnati, OhThank you!!!
  • John from White Plains, NyHeroes and Villains isn't on Pet Sounds. It's on Smiley Smile.
  • Drew from B'ham, AlI get the impression that this song has to do with witnesses of the Spanish-Indian War after the opposing sides made amends. The 2 protagonists are witnesses from the two opposing lands, the girl being from the side that lost. I think the two witnesses fall in love afterward.
  • Sabrina from Corvallis, OrFor a long time I didn't like Heroes and Villains, but eventually I warmed up to it. The BB version is good, but I prefer the alternate version on Brian Wilson's SMiLE
  • P from Chicago, IlGeraint Watkins covered this song--completely different, a jazzy, boogie-woogie sound.

    To me, a great song stands up to a million different interpretations and still shines. Heroes & Villains is a great song.
  • Stormy from Kokomo, InI remember reading somewhere that the Beatles fashioned their own album "Sgt. Peppers" after listening to the Beach Boys album "Pet Sounds" where this song was located. Paul thought that Brian Wilson's lyrics and songs on "Pet Sounds" was some of the best "stuff" that Paul had ever heard!
  • Sammy from Ct, United StatesAt pre-score and five, I'm very much alive, I've still got the jive, to survive, with the heroes and villains! cool...
  • Dennis from Moses Lake, WaFantastic...but I still don't get it.
  • Niall from Dublin, Irelandstunning
  • John from Millersville, MdBrilliant.
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