Stander On the Mountain
He stands there in his hallowed halls
Looking over the crowds
Meet me on the field of legends below the Tower
And he sees the colorful star
Looks him up and down
He sees a little of himself in number eleven's frown
Looking for the next dreamer to wake up
And make some memories before his day of destiny calls
King of the Mountain
Tasted of the Real Thing
The crunch of victory, a Golden Sunday when he was the one
The Stander of the Mountain is among us
Let us sit and talk of old times
When the men of Davy Crockett's range and the Plains
Withered in a crimson heat
Well even the Hurricane winds obeyed at one Lonestar Disciple's feet
Uniter of the kids of cotton fields, the city streets
The gateways where greatness gets a second birth
King of the Mountain
Nothing could be finer than the red cross
Waving high again in such uncivil days
Mulitudes from William Penn's land to Trojan soil took notice
Packoderm portraits indelible strokes painted by its sage
Well it will be knocking on your door tonight
He wants to see if you can remember right
The lessons carved in limestone and a wishbone leg
The echos of Saturday soliliquys striking a unison of chords
The stripes from gentle hands of steel shaping a warrior's reward
The fuel for another march up life's greatest hills
When it was over
The world sat there and looked stunned
My old friend watching the setting of his day
Tomorrow was way in the distance
Nobody could think much about it
There is nothing wrong if we remember today
I recall when you bowed before the Land of Lincoln crowd
The Million Dollar sounds rang in Graceland town
The girls in short skirts screaming loud
Stander on the Mountain
Looking for a new place to dream from
To reap from the seeds sown yesterday
The big man around town
Nothing could be finer than to drink from
To think from the cup passed from your old sage
When he was the one
Stander on the Mountain is among us
The Cap will never go away
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