Remember when you watched your favorite sport
And did not have to hear first , the players "court" report
Remember when sportsmen were our heroes
However, it appears that most of them are zeros
Remember when we looked over at the stat sheet
Today we must review our favorite players rap sheet
Remember when we watched sports for victory and cheer
Baltimore won't be cheering Ray Rice this year
The Vikings have seen their best just get arrested
For child abuse no doubt he will protest it
What of Tiger Woods who stood atop the green
One of the worst adulterers I have ever seen
Arod, Bonds, Clemons, and the rest
Can't even begin to pass a steroid test.
So what happened to the heroes of the sport for which we crave
We even have some players that put others to an early grave
Murderers, abusers, drug addicted and lost
I guess it's the price to pay for "winning at all cost"
I guess it's only fair to say it started long ago
I'm sure if you follow baseball, you know of shoeless Joe
Maybe you’re a bicycler of many miles long
Of course we know your hero, it was Lance Armstrong
All of us admired his determination and grit
His true love was for the needle, or the business end of it.
I could go on and on and list more who disappointed
We should no longer think that sportsman should be anointed
We should look for real heroes instead of through a sport
Maybe Army, Navy, or Marines might be a place to start
The truest heroes of them all are ones who've died for us
So that we are free to watch a game of sports we no longer trust
Forget about a hero who can dunk a basketball
He will just let you down because some day he'll fall
There are men of the world that should have "hero" by their name
But none of them should be considered just for playing a game
Next time you turn on the TV to watch your favorite teams
Think about a hero and what it truly means.