Hank Williams and KRY, touched the great mid-west and made it cry
40 years have come and gone,
but still we hear that some old country song
Back in '52 after the war
the people of the great mid-west said "What are we fighting for?"
Don't say your gonna run this time
Don't say your gonna run this time, I'll be waiting around
Don't say your gonna run this time,
Don't say your gonna run this time, I've got my feet on higher ground.
4.30, on New Years day, as the world lay sleeping this young boy slipped away
And the mirror ball spun slowly round
as "Your Cheatin' Heart" by Hank came tumbling down.
Women wept, men cried crocodile tears
For the greatest living country boy that the world had seen in years.
Don't say your gonna run this time
Don't say your gonna run this time, I'll be waiting around
Don't say your gonna run this time,
Don't say your gonna run this time, I've got my feet on higher ground.
What do I say, to make you stay?
Coming back, you're not coming back again
The bat on the ball, and the umpires, let the wind blow back against the wall
That's the sound of Summer in the heart of America
In the heart of America.
Women wept men cried crocodile tears
For the greatest living country boy that the world had seen in years.
Don't say your gonna run this time
Don't say your gonna run this time, I'll be waiting around
Don't say your gonna run this time,
Don't say your gonna run this time, I've got my feet on higher ground.
40 years have come and gone,
but still we hear that some old country song
Back in '52 after the war
the people of the great mid-west said "What are we fighting for?"
Don't say your gonna run this time
Don't say your gonna run this time, I'll be waiting around
Don't say your gonna run this time,
Don't say your gonna run this time, I've got my feet on higher ground.
4.30, on New Years day, as the world lay sleeping this young boy slipped away
And the mirror ball spun slowly round
as "Your Cheatin' Heart" by Hank came tumbling down.
Women wept, men cried crocodile tears
For the greatest living country boy that the world had seen in years.
Don't say your gonna run this time
Don't say your gonna run this time, I'll be waiting around
Don't say your gonna run this time,
Don't say your gonna run this time, I've got my feet on higher ground.
What do I say, to make you stay?
Coming back, you're not coming back again
The bat on the ball, and the umpires, let the wind blow back against the wall
That's the sound of Summer in the heart of America
In the heart of America.
Women wept men cried crocodile tears
For the greatest living country boy that the world had seen in years.
Don't say your gonna run this time
Don't say your gonna run this time, I'll be waiting around
Don't say your gonna run this time,
Don't say your gonna run this time, I've got my feet on higher ground.