Marty Robbins - Gene Autry lyrics

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The childhood memories I treasure the most I suppose<br />

Are the Saturday afternoons spent at the town picture show<br />

I worked all day long in the fields but at night I would dream<br />

Of seeing Gene Autry go ridin' across the big screen<br />

Saturday mornings I'd walk twenty miles or more<br />

Twelve o'clock noon found the first one in line at the door<br />

'Cause all week I'd work but today I would fulfill my dream<br />

And I'd see Gene Autry go ridin' across the big screen.<br />

The man in the white cowboy hat was a hero to me<br />

He was then, he is now, and I guess he always will be<br />

Time takes away many things but it can't take a dream<br />

And I can still see him go ridin' across the big screen.<br />

When as a kid from our shack on the desert I'd roam<br />

My daddy would whip me 'cause I'd never be around home<br />

But mom understood me I know, cause she'd smile when I'd say,<br />

Gene Autry and I had been rounding up outlaws all day<br />

The man in the white cowboy hat was a hero to me<br />

He was then, he is now, and I guess he always will be<br />

And every so often I go back in time and I dream<br />

And I see Gene Autry go ridin' across the big screen<br />

And I see Gene Autry go ridin' across the big screen.