She felt the cold and prairie wind, chill her to the bone   Through the Oklahoma dust before there was a road   Determination on her face and achin' in her feet   With all hope gone, she still walked on in to history      She walked beside the wagon   And she held her head up high   If she walked beside the wagon   So can I, so can I      Mama tells the story, how she watched it on TV   Jackie John and Caroline and a nation on its knees   Six white horses pulled him home in a wagon painted black   Jackie walked beside him knowing he's not coming back      She walked beside the wagon   And she held her head up high   If she walked beside the wagon   So can I, so can I      Jesse's calling from the street, "Oh mommy, please come and see?"   A radio flier fire red, "Mommy please pull me?"   I've been working over time for a day just like today   Making sure that Jesse knows, he can always say      She walked beside the wagon   And she held her head up high   If she walked beside the wagon   So can I, so can I   So can I, so can I   So can I, so can I   So can I, so can I