Ray Stevens - Marion Michael Morrison lyrics

He was born in the little
Farming town of Winterset
On the new frontier a Midwest native son
But his star would shine as bright
As any star can ever get
And he would cast a giant shadow
Before he was done tall in the saddle
He went to reap the wild wind
In old California and across the Rio Grande
From a stage coach on a big trail
To Rio Bravo and back again
He rode on wings of eagles this quiet man
Here's to you marion Michael Morrison
Here's to you
For all our battles that you fought and won
A true American hero
A straight shooting son of gun here's to you
Marion Michael Morrison singin' Sandy
Sergeant Striper mcClintock and McQ
Katie's elder son and big Jim McLane
Brannigan and Rooster hondo and Big Jake
Yeah, we knew him
By a hundred different names
On the sands of Iwo Jima back to Bataan
The flying tigers and the green berets
He was with the fighting Seabees
And every American fighting man
At the Alamo and on that longest day

And here's to you marion Michael Morrison
Here's to you
For all our battles that you fought and won
A true American hero
A straight shooting son of gun here's to you
Marion Michael Morrison
There might be few who would dare to say
The star you hung might fade away
But, I can hear you tell them
"Pilgrim, that'll be the day"

Here's to you marion Michael Morrison
Here's to you
For all our battles that you fought and won
A true American hero
A straight shooting son of gun here's to you
Marion Michael Morrison here's to you
Marion Michael Morrison