Hank Snow - There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere lyrics

There's a star spangled banner waving somewhere In a distant land so many miles away Only Uncle Sam's great heroes get to go there Where I wished that I could also live someday I'd see Lincoln Custer Washington and Perry Nathan Hale and Calin Kelly too There's a star spangled banner waving somewhere Waving on the land of the heroes brave and true In this war with its mad schemes of destruction Of our country fair and our sweet liberty By the mad dictators leaders of corruption Can't the US use a mountain boy like me God gave me the right to be a free American And for that precious right I'd gladly die There's a star spangled banner waving somewhere That is where I want to live when I die [ piano ] Though I realize I'm crippled that is true sir Please don't judge my courage by my twisted leg Let me show my Uncle Sam what I can do sir Let me help to bring the axis down a peg If I do some brave deed I will be a hero And the hero brave is what I want to be There's a star spangled banner waving somewhere In that heaven there should be a place for me ********** 5. WALKING THE LAST MILE (Jeff Hess) «© '64 copyright control» Walking the last mile so weary and slow It leads to the gallows from where I don't know One step every minute each minute seems as a year This parting is bitter when no friend is near If I had one wish Lawd and that could come true I'd wish I was pardoned and back home with you I'd get on my knees Lawd and if you'd forgive No more would I hurt you as long as I live (The way I go on Lawd is crashing my soul It's hard to be tied down in this prison hole) There is one regret Lawd that tortures my brain It's that I've been careless in causing you pain Walking the last mile with each step I bear Praying forgiveness from him way up there Oh please say a prayer Lawd for it's my last keep Please pray the great Master shows mercy on me Perhaps in the next world on that judgement day I'll find that the Master washed my sins away There I'll hold my head up when my soul is free And rest in your arms Lawd through eternity