Lyrics

JOHN WAYNE D 4:20 70

VERSE 1
When I was a boy there lived a hero
One man stood above us all
We tried to walk and talk just like him
Even my grandpa
He was no fastdraw but he could shoot straight
Only fought in defense of a good cause
Sometimes he rode with the posse
Sometimes with the outlaws
He never got his heart broke
He barely noticed the pain
Oh I hoped I?d grow up to be

CHORUS
Just like John Wayne
Just like John Wayne

VERSE 2
I first fell in love in the 3rd grade
But she said I smelled like wood smoke
Her daddy sold rakes and I?z a farm boy
Livin on a dirt road
When I felt my heart break
I thought I?d die from the pain
Still I kept my eye dry and clean

BRIDGE
Now accordin to you he was a drunk and a fool
Ah but that was some guy named marion
Cuz the man I knew, he stood for good and true
He?s on my tv screen, still carryin?. On

VERSE 3
It might be a wreck or a cancer
But death comes for us one and all
The lungs get tired and the heart stops
Like with my grandpa
When I draw my last breath
I?ll say goodbye to the pain
And I?ll rode off in the sunset gracefully

CHORUS
CODA
when I was boy there lived a hero

CHORDS

VERSE 1
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CHORUS
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VERSE 2
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CHORUS
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BRIDGE
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VERSE 3
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CHORUS
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CODA
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