Lyrics to
Comic Book Heroes

This version of Comic Book Heroes was released by Rick Springfield in 1973.

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There’s times when real people let me down,
When the temperature falls to zero
I cuddle by the fire with a good book, and
For a while I am a superhero
You really need to be a superhero
‘Cause many times people will hurt
You and try to mess you ’round

And anyway, my comic book heroes won’t
Let me down
Comic Book Heroes!

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Rick Springfield has released many songs over the years besides Comic Book Heroes. Rick Springfield released songs from 1972 to 2007 spanning across albums like Beginnings, Comic Book Heroes, Mission Magic!, Wait For Night, Working Class Dog, Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet, Living In Oz, Beautiful Feelings, Hard To Hold, Tao, Rock Of Life, Sahara Snow, Karma, Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance, The Day After Yesterday, and Christmas With You. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Rick Springfield.

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About Lyrics and Comic Book Heroes by Rick Springfield

The lyrics for Comic Book Heroes are defined as the words making up the song released by Rick Springfield in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Comic Book Heroes have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Rick Springfield and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Comic Book Heroes by Rick Springfield if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Comic Book Heroes" means the words set to the music of Comic Book Heroes, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rick Springfield. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Comic Book Heroes and the lyrics to Comic Book Heroes are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rick Springfield who came here looking just for the lyrics to Comic Book Heroes, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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