Gene Autry, My Hero - Glen Campbell

The childhood memories I treasure the most I suppose

Were the Saturday afternoons spent at the town’s picture show

I’d work all day long in the fields but at night I would dream

That I’d see Gene Autry go riding across the big screen

Saturday mornings I’d walk five miles or more

And twelve o’clock noon found me first one in line at the door

I worked all week long but today I fulfilled my dream

And I’d see Gene Autry go riding across the big screen

The man in the white cowboy hat is a hero to me

He was and he is now and I guess he always will be

Time takes away many things but it can’t take a dream

And I see Gene Autry go riding across the big screen

Oft as a child from our home in the country I’d roam

And my Daddy would scold me cause I’d never be around home

Ah but Mom understood me 'cause she’d always smile when I use to say

Gene Autry and I have been rounding up outlaws all day

The man in the white cowboy hat is a hero to me

He was and he is now and I guess he always will be

Time takes away many things but it can’t take a dream

And I see Gene Autry go riding across the big screen

And I see Gene Autry go riding across the big screen