When No One's Watching Lyrics - Clear Heart Full Eyes - Craig Finn

There's something in how well you tell the story 

The way you overcame the odds all stacked against you 

The way that 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 shadows 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, 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 her use her place to put on your better face 

It went on for years she saw some bad things 

And she told me what you told her about how you really loved her 

That's a 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 at the places that you slept 

Moving through the bars and slowly stalking 

Someone you can use that finds you charming 

It's just the way our hero does his bidding 

Living off of lies to lonely women 

Now I heard that you went running back into 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 ride into the sunset in and all ends up so happy, 

The Jesus and the coffee and the talking 

But does the audience applaud for all the 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