This is a song about how difficult it is to be famous and how people expect a star to be a superman.

Superman
Five For Fighting
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Remember, a big part of speaking with correct pronunciation is being able to hear correct pronunciation.

I can't __________to fly.

I'm not __________naïve.

I'm just out to __________

the better part of __________.

I'm more than a __________.

I'm more than a __________.

I'm more than some pretty __________beside a train.

It's not __________to be me.

Wish that I could __________,

fall upon my __________,

find a __________to lie

about a home I'll __________see.

It __________sound absurd, but don't __________naïve.

Even heroes __________the right to bleed.

I __________be disturbed, but won't __________concede

even heroes __________the right to dream.

And it's not __________to be me

Up, up and away, away from __________.

Well, it's __________right.

You can all sleep sound __________.

I'm not __________or anything.

I can't __________to fly.

I'm not __________naïve.

Men weren't meant __________ride

__________clouds between their knees*.

I'm only a man in __________silly red sheet**

digging __________kryptonite***

__________this one-way street.

Only a man in __________funny red sheet

__________for special things inside of me. (inside of me)

I’m only a man in __________funny red sheet.

I’m only a man looking for a __________.

I’m only a man in __________funny red sheet.

And it's not __________.

It’s not __________to be me.

Vocabulary
absurd                              
to lie
naïve                                
dig
a red sheet                       
hero

*reference to the human ego regarding fame and power

**reference to Superman’s clothes

***Superman gets his energy from kryptonite