Walking Tall may refer to:
Walking Tall is a 2004 action film. A remake of the 1973 film of the same name, it stars The Rock and Johnny Knoxville. Like the original film, it was based on the real-life story of Sheriff Buford Pusser and utilized many elements from his life. A number of aspects were changed, including the main character's name (to "Chris Vaughn") and the setting was moved from McNairy County, Tennessee to Kitsap County, Washington, United States.
Former U.S. Army Special Forces sergeant Chris Vaughn (The Rock) returns to his small home town in Kitsap County, Washington. Looking for work, he finds the local cedar mill was closed down three years prior by its heir, Jay Hamilton (Neal McDonough), who opened a new casino that now accounts for the majority of revenue for the local area. Hamilton, who was also Vaughn's school friend, invites him to a night of fun at the casino. While checking out the VIP lounge, Vaughn stumbles upon his childhood friend Deni (Ashley Scott), who is now working as a stripper. Later, he notices the craps dealer using loaded dice and demonstrates this to the patrons by placing a bet and calling out the roll before throwing the dice. When the floorman declares no payout, Vaughn instigates a fight. Although he beats down most of the security guards, he is subsequently subdued with a cattle prod and knocked unconscious. The security staff take Vaughn into the basement and Hamilton's right-hand man and head of security Booth (Kevin Durand) tortures him by cutting his torso with a Utility knife before dumping him on a roadside. He is found by a trucker and hospitalized, but recovers quickly.
Walking Tall is an American television drama series that ran on NBC in 1981 for one season of seven episodes. The first 5 episodes aired Saturday nights at 9:00 p.m. (opposite the ABC series The Love Boat). The last 2 episodes aired Tuesday nights at 10:00 p.m. (opposite ABC's Hart to Hart). NBC reran all 7 episodes from April–June 1981. This one-hour show was a continuation of the 1973 film Walking Tall, which was based on the life of McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser. In this series, Pusser is the sheriff of the fictionalized McNeal County, Tennessee, fighting criminals each week in 1969.
Bo Svenson played Pusser, whom he had played before in Walking Tall Part 2 (1975) and Walking Tall: Final Chapter (1977). (Brian Dennehy played Pusser in A Real American Hero in 1978 on CBS).
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Verse
I gave you everything
Still you want more
I keep picking the pieces from the one
I was before
Pre-Chorus
“Falling is the best way to learn
how to walk to a better day”, they say.
Those days are gone
Now I am here to stay
Chorus
I am impossible to overcome
Unreachable
Stronger than before
I'm walking tall now
Unbreakable
So prove me wrong
Tell me I was living a lie
Verse
But now I am so tired to oversee
My life as a plan for what was supposed to be
You can't blame all your bruises on someone
If you can't hold on and fight
Pre-Chorus
Adrenaline is running through my brain
I'm ready to bring this to an end
Chorus
Impossible to overcome
Unreachable
Stronger than before
I'm walking tall now
Unbreakable
So prove me wrong
Tell me I was living a lie
I gave it all to you
More, more, you want more!
Now a turning point to face
I'm stronger than before
No pain I can't take
I'm ready to bring this to an end
Chorus
Impossible to overcome
Unreachable
Stronger than before
I'm walking tall now
Unbreakable
So prove me wrong