The childhood memories I treasure the most I suppose
Were the Saturday afternoons spent at the town's picture show
'Cause all day I'd work in the fields but at night I would dream
Of seeing my hero go ridin' across the big screen
Saturday mornings I'd walk twenty miles or more
And twelve o'clock noon found me 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
But 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 is 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
Of seeing my hero go ridin' across the big screen
The man in the white cowboy hat is a hero to me
And 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
Of seeing Gene Autry go ridin' across the big screen
Whoopi-ti-yay-o, rockin' to and fro
Back in the saddle again
Whoopi-ti-yay-a, I know my way
Back in the saddle again