havent programmed in years - confused by why RETURN is not returning

[stmoose]

haven't programmed in years
thought i would try python, wrote a script that was failing
shorten the code to just the section that I think is giving the problem

the problem being that the RETURN is not returning how/what I think it should
have researched but can't see my error

think that the RETURN should be returning values for heads_count, tails_count, x, z but it's not

import random

x = 0
x = int(x)
y = 0
y = int(y)
z = ""
z = str(z)
heads_count = 0
tails_count = 0


heads_count = int(heads_count)
tails_count = int(tails_count)


def count(heads_count, tails_count, x):

    heads_count = 0
    tails_count = 0
    
    print("in the count function")
    print(f" x is {x}")

    while x < 10:
        options = ["heads","tails"]
        result = random.choice(options)
        if result == "heads":
            heads_count += 1
        else:
            tails_count += 1
        x += 1

        print(f"heads: {heads_count} tails: {tails_count} flips {x}")
    print(f"heads: {type(heads_count)}")
    print(f" flips is {x} before leaving count function")
    z = input("return something?!?! : ")
    return (heads_count, tails_count, x, z)

    
	
def main():

    print(f"heads: {heads_count} tails {tails_count} flips {x}")

    print(f" x is {x}")
    print("in the main function")
    count(heads_count, tails_count, x)

    print("back in the main function? WHY is THIS not returning as I THINK?!!??")
    print(f"heads: {heads_count} tails {tails_count} flips {x}")
    print(f"heads: {type(heads_count)}")
    print(f"z: {type(z)}")
    print(f"your input was: {z}")


main()

thanks for any help