music by Bill Payne, Paul Barrere, Ken Gradney

-- lyrics by Bill Payne, Paul Barrere



Well they say time loves a hero

but only time will tell

If he's real, he's a legend from heaven

If he ain't he was sent here from hell



Hear me well

Seein' ain't always believin'

Just make sure it's the truth that you're seein'

Eyes sometimes lie, eyes sometimes lie

They can be real deceivin'



I got an Uncle in Puerto Rico

Spends his days in the sun

his nights in the casinos

He left the States many years ago

Took a fishin' boat to Puerto Rico

Now my aunt, she is sad and lonely

She'll never know that she drove him away

As a coward I admire his courageous ways



Well they say time loves a hero

but only time will tell

If he's real, he's a legend from heaven

If he ain't he was sent here from hell



Some say my uncle, that he's a zero

His life is as a shell, he left it back at Stateside

I'd say he's doin' pretty well, without his shell

Bumming 'round the beaches of Puerto Rico



The beauty of the sunrise and sunset

To his friends he wish he could tell

They're at home still runnin' for bells

Better San Juan than that blue collar hell



Well they say time loves a hero

but only time will tell

If he's real, he's a legend from heaven

If he ain't he was sent here from hell