Hoods Turned Heroes

Well, I woke up this morning hungover from the night before

I picked up the paper, and my jaw done hit the floor

There were kids trapped in a fire and a couple of heroes came to their aid

I had to look twice at the picture when I saw that it was Ponyboy and Johnny Cade

I thought them boys were as good as dead, But as it turns out, the headline read

"Hoods Turned Heroes"

These Greasers are the talk of the town

They ran straight into the fire

While that old church was burning down

Just some lowdown dirty Greasers

Accused of murder in the first degree

Imagine this, they saved some kids, that's how they got to be

Yeah, that's how they got to be the front-page story

Yeah, hoods turned heroes

When a Greaser's in the paper, you can bet a dollar that it ain't no good

Someone got robbed, someone got mugged

Someone had a run-in with a Greaser hood

But now, the tide is changing, I can see the people turning one by one

Are we headed for the Age of the Greasers? The reconciliation's already begun

Hoods turned heroes

They caught us all by surprise

When they rose to the occasion, put it all on the line

And saved all of them children's lives

Hoods turned heroes

Is Tulsa gonna finally see?

Got some heroes in the making and the greaser reputation

Ain't the burden that it used to be

Look at us now, we're gettin' our due

It's feelin' even sweeter after what we've been through

Hoods turned heroes

This town'll never be the same

It's time we celebrate the Greasers

Take pride in the Greaser name

Owe it all to Pony and Johnny

They still got a ways to go

But y'all stay tuned, they'll get well soon

There's gonna be more to this Greasers story

Hoods turned heroes