Lyrics Last Stand - Harry Chapin

Last Stand

It used to be that old John Wayne
Would fight the good fight once again
Find the strength to bear the pain
Stand up til he’d finally fall
But now it’s not just movie time
And now it’s you that’s on the line
And now it’s you that’s going to find
If you can stand at all
So you circle all the wagons
And you hide behind the trees
And you try to find some courage on your knees
When you heard the sound of taps played
By the one man band
You knew this is where you’d have to make
Your last stand
And so, my friends, the last stand
The last song from the last band
The last note from the last man
But you gave it all you can
The cards came down to the last deal
You’re a starving man at his last meal
And the movie’s rolled down to the last real
It’s got an ending you never planned
She’s left you now, and so it seems
You’ve tumbled down the last stream
And you’ve found out that the final dream
Can disappear so fast
Watch it all just fade away, boy
It came down to the last day
And then the last out, and then the last play
And you’re alone at last
So you circle all the wagons
And you hide behind the trees
And you try to find some courage on your knees
When you heard the sound of taps played
By the one man band
You knew this is where you’d have to make
Your last stand
Well, so it was late last night
She left on the final flight
You watched as the last light
Went out there in your soul
Took your look around the top
For now you face the final drop
You’ll go down fast and you won’t stop
You found a very deep hole
Say you’re off on the last ride
Remembering how she last cried
And you know that love had long last died
In silence, not in pain
You lost your last, your last race
Stumbled in at last place
Too late to find the one last face
Waiting in the rain
So you circle all the wagons
And you hide behind the trees
And you try to find some courage on your knees
When you heard the sound of taps played
By the one man band
You knew this is where you’d have to make
Your last stand