Everybody knows when you go to the show you can't take the kids along

You've gotta read the paper and know the code of GPG and R and X

And you gotta know what the movie's about before you even go

Tex Ritter's gone and Disney's dead and the screen is filled with sex

Whatever happened to Randolph Scott ridin' the TRAIL alone

Whatever happened to Gene and Tex and Roy and Rex the Durango Kid

Oh whatever happened to Randolph Scott his horse plain as could be

Whatever happened to Randolph Scott has happened to the best of me

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Everybody's tryin' to make a comment about our doubts and fears

True Grit's the only movie I've really understood in years

You gotta take your analyst along to see if it's fit to see

Whatever happened to Randolph Scott has happened to the industry

Whatever happened to Johnny Mack Brown and Alan Rocky Lane

Whatever happened to Lash LaRue I'd love to see them again

Whatever happened to Smiley Burnette Tim Holt and Gene Autry

Whatever happened to all of these has happened to the best of me

Whatever happened to Randolph Scott has happened to the industry