Harry Chapin - Last stand
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From: Dan_Margalit@brown.edu
Subject: CRD:HARRY CHAPIN: "Last Stand"
LAST STAND
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as sung by "Big John Wallace" at the Harry Chapin Tribute
written by Harry Chapin
CI used to be the old John Wayne
CAnd fight the good fight once again
CYou find the strength to bear the pain
AStand up to the final A7fall
CNow it's not just movie time
CNow it's you that's on the line
CNow it's you that's gonna find
AIf you can stand it A7all
CSo you circle all the Cwagons
CAnd you hide behind the Ctrees
CTry to find your Ccourage on your Cknees
When you Cheard the sound of Ctaps played
CBy the one man marching Cband
You knew Cthis is where you'd Chave to make your
AmLast CStand
Baby, baby it's the last stand
The last song from the last band
The last note from the last man
You give it all you can
The cards came down to the last deal
The starvin' man in his last meal
The movie's down to the last reel
With an ending you never planned
You left me now, or so it seems
Tumblin' down that last dream
Findin' out that the final dream
Can disappear so fast
Watch it all just fade away
Comin' down to the last day
The last out, the last play
You're alone at last
So you circle all the wagons
And you hide behind the trees
Try to find your courage on your knees
When you heard the sound of taps played
By the one man marching band
You knew this is where you'd have to make your
Last Stand
Baby it's the last stand
Baby it's the last stand
It's the last stand
Baby it's the last stand
Baby it's the last stand
Baby it's the last stand