Last Stand

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as sung by "Big John Wallace" at the Harry Chapin Tribute

written by Harry Chapin

I used to be the old John Wayne

And fight the good fight once again

You find the strength to bear the pain

Stand up to the final fall

Now it's not just movie time

Now it's you that's on the line

Now it's you that's gonna find

If you can stand it all

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, 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