Gene Autry, My Hero Lyrics - All Around Cowboy/everything I've Always Wanted - Marty Robbins

The childhood memories I treasure the most I suppose 

Are the Saturday afternoons spent at the town picture show 

I worked all day long in the fields but at night I would dream 

Of seeing Gene Autry go ridin' across the big screen 

Saturday mornings I'd walk twenty miles or more 

Twelve o'clock noon found the first one in line at the door 

'Cause all week I'd work but today I would fulfill my dream 

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

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

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

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

And I can still see him go ridin' across the big screen. 

When as a kid from our shack on the desert I'd roam 

My daddy would whip me 'cause I'd never be around home 

But mom understood me, I know cause she'd smile when I'd say, 

Gene Autry and I had been rounding up outlaws all day 

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

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

And every so often I go back in time and I dream 

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

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