Bill Anderson - Ride Off In The Sunset lyrics

There was justice in his sixgun

There was magic in his name

And I always tried to be him

When we played our cowboy games.

I stood in line to see him

Ride across our small town screen

And in my mind's eye

I rode with him in every scene.

And he would ride off in the sunset

With that friendly western smile

Ride off in the sunset

No goodbyes, just so long for awhile.

I saw him on a talk show

Not too many years ago

His voice was kinda shaky

And his hair was white as snow.

He didn't say goodnight folks

Just waved his hat up in the air

And I told my young son

That's my childhood hero there.

He would ride off in the sunset

With that friendly western smile

Ride off in the sunset

No goodbyes, just so long for awhile.

I read the evening paper

Out in my backyard yesterday

It said that he lay dyin'

In a rest home in L.A.

I looked out toward the sunset

And I saw a golden screen

And I swear I saw him

As he played out his final scene.

I saw him ride off in the sunset

With that friendly western smile

Ride off in the sunset

No goodbyes, just so long for awhile...