Craig Finn - When No One's Watching lyrics

There's something in how well you tell the story The way you overcame the odds all stacked against you The way you prevailed in the face of greater danger The way at first that they misunderstood you You regaled us with the way that you triumphed over darkness The kisses in the shadow and the stockings But as the pieces come together there's these things that I keep hearing About the hero that you are when no one's watching I saw Wendy at the Wagon Wheel I didn't know what to tell her She said she saw you walking by her building She said maybe you're ashamed that things turned out this way You said you had to hurry off to something She used to let you use her place to put on your better face It went on for years she saw some bad things She told em what you told her about how you really loved her That's the hero that you are when no one's watching Feasting on the weakness of the women who were thinking You might be held to half the things you told them The wreckage that you left in the places that you slept Moving through the bars and slowly stalking Someone you can use that finds you charming That's just the way our hero does his bidding Living off the lies to lonely women Now I heard that you went running back to Maria's arms You said it's really just the best thing for the baby And Maria never found another man to love and comfort And every time you come back she's there waiting So you rid into the sunset and it all ends up so happy Jesus and the coffee and the talking But does the audience applaud for all women you've done wrong? And the hero that you are when no one's watching Feasting on the weakness of the women who were hoping You might be held to half the things you told them The wreckage that you left at the places that you slept Moving through the bars and slowly stalking Someone you can use that finds you charming The story that our hero keeps well hidden A weak man living off of weaker women