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