Paul Millns - Yesterday's Heroes lyrics

I helped to build this city, I helped to fill the streets I heard their pavements echo with a thousand marching feet Now the wars are over and at night the people sleep The things that used to stir me, now just make me weep But I'll show you photographs, just one or two For you wouldn't believe this old grey head once looked like you I'll show you photographs, when I was young The times when we roamed over the fields under the sun Now it's hard, yes it's hard in the mornings And my time just slips slowly away And it's cold, and it's cold when the night winds blow 'Cos no one looks back to yesterday So what's left for your heroes today The rain against my window, the wind against my door People living on outside, don't need me anymore The headlines and the heroes, the one's that marched with pride Now they live in shadows, unnoticed, cast aside I'll show you photographs, just one or two For you wouldn't believe this old grey head once looked like you I'll show you photographs, when I was young The times when we roamed over the fields under the sun Now it's hard, yes it's hard in the mornings And my time just slips slowly away And it's cold, and it's cold when the night winds blow No one looks back to yesterday So what's left for your heroes today These are my photographs, they're a little faded now Look - there's me