Lyrics

Verse 1:
I think it was a Zenith
Stood on a shelf in the den
I would slip into there in the dead of night
While my parents thought I was sleeping tight
I was just nine or ten
They used to show double features
I would sit there enthralled
That's where I watched Sergeant York and Shane
And Fort Apache, which starred John Wayne
I remember 'em all

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War movies and westerns
Friday nights on the late, late show
War movies and westerns
Taught me everything I know

Verse 2:
They stormed the Normandy beaches
And tamed the wild frontier
But to me what those cowboys and soldiers showed
Was that there was a sort of unwritten code
To which a man should adhere
Some things you gotta fight for
No matter how long the odds
Keep your wits about you when the bullets fly
Tip your hat to the ladies when they walk by
And get the hell out of Dodge

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Bridge:
Now I know the real world has shades of gray
That those old films never could fully convey
Whether they were in Technicolor or black and white
But call me a relic, call me naïve
I'm still old-fashioned enough to believe
A man ought to know the difference between wrong and right

Verse 3:
They say that valor's outdated
They say that chivalry's dead
And that women all fall for the flash and hype
There's no place for the strong and silent type
Or at least so it's said
Now I ain't much of a talker
But I want you to know
That I'll love and protect you for all my days
To me honor and faithfulness aren't clichés
I learned a long time ago

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