Last Stand-Harry Chapin

[ti:Last Stand] [ar:Harry Chapin] [al:The Last Protest Singer] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Last Stand - Harry Chapin [00:13.47]It used to be that old John Wayne [00:16.16]Would fight the good fight once again [00:19.46] [00:20.28]Find the strength to bear the pain [00:22.74]Stand up til he'd finally fall [00:24.67] [00:26.04]But now it's not just movie time [00:28.41] [00:29.16]And now it's you that's on the line [00:31.47] [00:32.34]And now it's you that's going to find [00:35.46]If you can stand at all [00:37.58] [00:38.39]So you circle all the wagons [00:40.23] [00:41.41]And you hide behind the trees [00:43.71] [00:44.77]And you try to find some courage on your knees [00:48.71] [00:51.14]When you heard the sound of taps played [00:53.39] [00:54.20]By the one man band [00:56.73] [00:57.42]You knew this is where you'd have to make [00:59.81] [01:00.68]Your last stand [01:02.07] [01:19.92]And so my friends the last stand [01:22.41] [01:23.84]The last song from the last band [01:25.66] [01:27.10]The last note from the last man [01:28.91] [01:29.53]But you gave it all you can [01:31.55] [01:33.36]The cards came down to the last deal [01:35.98]You're a starving man at his last meal [01:38.44] [01:39.13]And the movie's rolled down to the last real [01:42.19]It's got an ending you never planned [01:44.43] [01:45.43]She's left you now and so it seems [01:48.11] [01:48.86]You've tumbled down the last stream [01:51.23] [01:51.85]And you've found out that the final dream [01:54.42] [01:55.22]Can disappear so fast [01:57.28] [01:58.90]Watch it all just fade away boy [02:01.02] [02:01.97]It came down to the last day [02:03.84] [02:04.46]And then the last out and then the last play [02:07.01] [02:07.56]And you're alone at last [02:09.99] [02:10.74]So you circle all the wagons [02:12.80] [02:13.92]And you hide behind the trees [02:16.23] [02:17.04]And you try to find some courage on your knees [02:20.97] [02:23.53]When you heard the sound of taps played [02:25.96] [02:26.65]By the one man band [02:28.72] [02:29.66]You knew this is where you'd have to make [02:32.28] [02:33.03]Your last stand [02:34.61] [02:51.58]Well so it was late last night [02:54.89] [02:55.94]She left on the final flight [02:58.01] [02:59.25]You watched as the last light [03:00.98] [03:01.85]Went out there in your soul [03:03.68] [03:05.48]Took your look around the top [03:06.92] [03:08.54]For now you face the final drop [03:10.35] [03:11.35]You'll go down fast and you won't stop [03:13.78] [03:14.41]You found a very deep hole [03:16.22] [03:18.54]Say you're off on the last ride [03:20.53] [03:21.47]Remembering how she last cried [03:23.22] [03:23.92]And you know that love had long last died [03:26.72] [03:27.65]In silence not in pain [03:29.28] [03:30.84]You lost your last your last race [03:32.71] [03:33.95]Stumbled in last place [03:35.89] [03:36.89]Too late to find the one last face [03:39.39] [03:40.38]Waiting in the rain [03:42.19] [03:42.75]So you circle all the wagons [03:44.88] [03:45.81]And you hide behind the trees [03:48.19] [03:49.06]And you try to find some courage on your knees [03:53.05] [03:55.30]When you heard the sound of taps played [03:57.92] [03:58.54]By the one man band [04:00.80] [04:01.55]You knew this is where you'd have to make [04:04.24] [04:04.86]Your last stand